I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negroes of America had taken the President, the press and the pulpit at their word when they spoke in broad terms… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. — 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
We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state sweltering in the heat of injustice and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about justice. I'm concerned about brotherhood. I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these, he can never… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels).… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: "The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Certainly I'm not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I'm talking about a very strong force, where you stand… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We've been in the mountain of war. We've been in the mountain of violence. We've been in the mountain of hatred long… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Communism will never be defeated by atomic bombs. Our greatest defense against Communism is to take offensive action on behalf of justice… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When you cut facilities, slash jobs, abuse power, discriminate, drive people into deeper poverty & shoot people dead whilst refusing to provide… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have no alternative but to protest. For many years we have shown an amazing patience... But we come here tonight to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously… — 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
