The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.. — 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
