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
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it. — 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
Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's… — 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
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. — 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
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
They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest. — 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
For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This… — 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
