As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In spite of its glowing talk about the welfare of the masses, Communism's methods and philosophy strip man of his dignity and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now let me say that the next thing we must be concerned about if we are to have peace on earth and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't… — 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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Slavery in America was perpetuated not merely by human badness but also by human blindness. ... Men convinced themselves that a system… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also declare that the white man does not abide by law… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A time comes when silence is betrayal. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
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
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
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… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth, — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
