Moral Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

it is just as wrong, or even perhaps more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

You are resisting, but you've come to see that tactically as well as morally, it is better to be nonviolent.If one would,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Science keeps religion from sinking into the valley of crippling irrationalism and paralyzing obscurantism. Religion prevents science from falling into the marsh…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems…

— Martin Luther King, Jr