--- title: "Best Moral Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "58 Moral quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Moral sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/martin-luther-king-jr-127_code_there-are-two-types-of-laws-there-are-ju_1058177.png" --- > [There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-are-two-types-of-laws-there-are-just-laws-and-there-are-unjust/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/martin-luther-king-jr-127_code_there-are-two-types-of-laws-there-are-ju_1058177.png) > [I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-must-face-the-fact-as-all-others-in-positions-of-leadership-must-do/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50f/martin-luther-king-jr-127_aids_i-must-face-the-fact-as-all-others-in-po_863602.png) > [One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/one-has-not-only-a-legal-but-a-moral-responsibility-to-obey-just-laws/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/martin-luther-king-jr-127_agree_one-has-not-only-a-legal-but-a-moral-res_187341.png) > [Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/any-nation-or-government-that-deprives-an-individual-of-freedom-is-in/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/martin-luther-king-jr-127_commit_any-nation-or-government-that-deprives-a_2293045.png) > [And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/and-so-we-shall-have-to-do-more-than-register-and-more-than-vote-we/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/martin-luther-king-jr-127_character_and-so-we-shall-have-to-do-more-than-reg_1963213.png) > [I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-firmly-believe-that-the-gandhian-philosophy-of-nonviolent/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/martin-luther-king-jr-127_approach_i-firmly-believe-that-the-gandhian-philo_2000784.png) > [Our world hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so. God has made the universe to be based on a moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-world-hinges-on-moral-foundations-god-has-made-it-so-god-has-made/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_character_our-world-hinges-on-moral-foundations-go_1304951.png) > [Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/through-our-scientific-and-technological-genius-we-ve-made-of-this/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_brother_through-our-scientific-and-technological_801999.jpg) > [We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-come-humbly-to-say-to-the-men-in-the-forefront-of-our-government/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/martin-luther-king-jr-127_civil-rights_we-come-humbly-to-say-to-the-men-in-the_1966700.jpg) > [The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-contemporary-tendency-in-our-society-is-to-base-our-distribution/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/martin-luther-king-jr-127_abundance_the-contemporary-tendency-in-our-society_1201919.png) > [In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-the-event-of-a-violent-revolution-we-would-be-sorely-outnumbered/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alternatives_in-the-event-of-a-violent-revolution-we_2066672.jpg) > [Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/even-when-the-polls-are-open-to-all-negroes-have-shown-themselves-too/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/martin-luther-king-jr-127_apathetic_even-when-the-polls-are-open-to-all-negr_2675779.jpg) > [I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-think-that-my-strong-determination-for-justice-comes-from-the-very/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/martin-luther-king-jr-127_admire_i-think-that-my-strong-determination-for_105377.png) > [The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-intellectual-and-moral-satisfaction-that-i-failed-to-gain-from/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_ahimsa_the-intellectual-and-moral-satisfaction_621910.jpg) > [Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/of-course-there-is-nothing-new-about-this-kind-of-civil-disobedience/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/martin-luther-king-jr-127_block_of-course-there-is-nothing-new-about-thi_716710.png) > [Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/now-a-lot-of-us-are-preachers-and-all-of-us-have-our-moral/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/martin-luther-king-jr-127_concern_now-a-lot-of-us-are-preachers-and-all-of_891952.png) > [The real problem is that through our scientific genius we’ve made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-real-problem-is-that-through-our-scientific-genius-we-ve-made-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/martin-luther-king-jr-127_brotherhood_the-real-problem-is-that-through-our-sci_2860424.png) > [The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-first-principle-of-value-that-we-need-to-rediscover-is-this-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cc/martin-luther-king-jr-127_abiding_the-first-principle-of-value-that-we-nee_910838.jpg) ## Other authors on Moral - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/thomas-jefferson/) - [Mark Twain 50 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/mark-twain/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 46 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Aristotle 39 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-george-bernard-shaw-68.jpg) George Bernard Shaw 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/george-bernard-shaw/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/bertrand-russell/) - [Allen W. Wood 25 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral/allen-w-wood/) ## 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/moral/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "Best Moral Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... 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