Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Was not Paul an extremist for the gospel of Jesus Christ? - "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger? — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
One of these days I'm going to put my body where my mind is. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger? — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image