--- title: "15 Land Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "15 Land quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Land sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_my-country-tis-of-thee-sweet-land-of-lib_2296800.jpg" --- > [My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/my-country-tis-of-thee-sweet-land-of-liberty-of-thee-i-sing-land-2/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_my-country-tis-of-thee-sweet-land-of-lib_2296800.jpg) > [I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-still-believe-that-one-day-mankind-will-bow-before-the-altars-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/martin-luther-king-jr-127_altars_i-still-believe-that-one-day-mankind-wil_1558605.jpg) > [I may not get there with you, but I believe that we as a people will someday reach the promised land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-may-not-get-there-with-you-but-i-believe-that-we-as-a-people-will/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_believe_i-may-not-get-there-with-you-but-i-belie_1475466.png) > [Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/why-should-there-be-hunger-and-deprivation-in-any-land-in-any-city-at/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/martin-luther-king-jr-127_cities_why-should-there-be-hunger-and-deprivati_2159956.jpg) > [What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/what-the-negro-wants-and-will-not-stop-until-he-gets-is-absolute-and/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/martin-luther-king-jr-127_absolutes_what-the-negro-wants-and-will-not-stop-u_1455263.png) > [This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/this-will-be-the-day-when-we-shall-bring-into-full-realization-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/martin-luther-king-jr-127_american-democracy_this-will-be-the-day-when-we-shall-bring_83200.png) > [I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-just-want-to-do-god-s-will-and-he-s-allowed-me-to-go-to-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_god_i-just-want-to-do-god-s-will-and-he-s-al_1105551.png) > [We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-ve-got-some-difficult-days-ahead-but-it-doesn-t-matter-with-me-now/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/martin-luther-king-jr-127_concerned_we-ve-got-some-difficult-days-ahead-but_2190244.jpg) > [In every age and every generation, men have envisioned a promised land. Some may have envisioned it with the wrong ideology, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-every-age-and-every-generation-men-have-envisioned-a-promised-land/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/martin-luther-king-jr-127_age_in-every-age-and-every-generation-men-ha_2058056.jpg) > [Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somehow-this-madness-must-cease-we-must-stop-now-i-speak-as-a-child/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aghast_somehow-this-madness-must-cease-we-must_1212476.jpg) > [The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-nation-is-sick-trouble-is-in-the-land-confusion-all-around-but-i/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_atlanta_the-nation-is-sick-trouble-is-in-the-lan_2780900.png) > [Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/join-with-the-earth-and-each-other-to-bring-new-life-to-the-land-to/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/martin-luther-king-jr-127_air_join-with-the-earth-and-each-other-to-br_2543587.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of-war-we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/martin-luther-king-jr-127_brotherhood_we-ve-been-in-the-mountain-of-war-we-ve_400614.jpg) > [Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/most-of-these-people-will-never-make-the-headlines-and-their-names/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/martin-luther-king-jr-127_age_most-of-these-people-will-never-make-the_3052628.png) > [I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-the-audacity-to-believe-that-peoples-everywhere-can-have-three/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_audacity_i-have-the-audacity-to-believe-that-peop_204037.png) ## Other authors on Land ## More by Martin Luther King, Jr > [The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-strong-man-holds-in-a-living-blend-strongly-marked-opposites/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somewhere-somebody-must-have-some-sense-men-must-see-that-force/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-genuine-expression-of-love-grows-out-of-a-consistent-and-total/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-remember-that-intelligence-is-not-enough-intelligence-plus/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-supreme-task-is-to-organize-and-unite-people-so-that-their-anger/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-great-issue-of-life-is-to-harness-the-drum-major-instinct/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somebody-must-have-sense-enough-and-morality-enough-to-cut-off-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/darkness-is-only-driven-out-with-light-not-more-darkness/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/what-seems-so-necessary-today-may-not-even-be-desirable-tomorrow/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-negro-cannot-win-the-respect-of-his-oppressor-by-acquiescing-he/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-majority-of-the-negroes-who-took-part-in-the-year-long-boycott-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whenever-you-are-engaged-in-work-that-serves-humanity-and-is-for-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-even-the-state-of-mississippi-a-desert/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/land/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "15 Land Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. 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