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Peace Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

85 Peace quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr

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Peace is imagined as a river that rolls down like water. The quotes speak of unconditional love for enemies, justice that streams like a mighty current, and the need to build courage against fear. They also warn that violence only multiplies evil, and that true peace requires people to see beyond the darkness of racism and war.

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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts.

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We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.

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I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.

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We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.

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We have guided missiles and misguided men.

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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

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Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

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Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

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We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.

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To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.

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The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

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It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

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Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we…

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment…

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Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for…

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We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos…

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Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for…

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Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity…

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One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we…

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Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.

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I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but…

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World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is…

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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral…

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I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear…

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One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not…

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I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear…

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Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a…

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In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate…

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Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air,…

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Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

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We ain't goin' study war no more.

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Without justice, there can be no peace.

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We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

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We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

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