Independence Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

8 Independence quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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King’s brief words on liberty echo his powerful vision, offering a concise reminder of the courage needed to claim one’s own path.

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The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at…

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When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a…

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Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic…

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One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality…

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One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters, they were in reality…

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Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic…

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In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent…

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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence…

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Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…

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Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…

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Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

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We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only…

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The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

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The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

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Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…

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Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.

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What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.

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The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

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The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence…

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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,

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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…

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