Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order… — 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
Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more that three centuries American Negroes… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A final victory is an accumulation of many short-term encounters. To lightly dismiss a success because it does not usher in a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies... True… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
With all of its false assumptions and evil methods, communism grew as a protest against the hardships of the underprivileged. Communism in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about a better world. I'm concerned about justice; I'm concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned about truth. And when one is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Mankind's survival is dependent on man's ability to solve the problems of racial injustice, poverty, and war; the solution of these problems… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned… — 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
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
