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title: "93 People Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr"
description: "People quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. about anger, silence, and unconditional love."
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> [Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/peace-is-not-simply-the-absence-of-conflict-but-the-existence-of/)

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> [Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/look-to-a-day-when-people-will-not-be-judged-by-the-color-of-their/)

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> [The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-silence-of-the-good-people-is-more-dangerous-than-the-brutality/)

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> [I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-hate-it-when-people-quote-me-on-the-internet-claiming-i-said-things/)

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> [There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-no-sound-more-powerful-than-the-marching-feet-of-a/)

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> [Nothing pains some people more than having to think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/nothing-pains-some-people-more-than-having-to-think/)

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> [I may not get there with you, but I believe that we as a people will someday reach the promised land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-may-not-get-there-with-you-but-i-believe-that-we-as-a-people-will/)

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> [I judge people by their own principles..not by my own](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-judge-people-by-their-own-principles-not-by-my-own/)

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> [ Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of \[people\] willing to be co-workers… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/human-progress-never-rolls-in-on-the-wheels-of-inevitability-it-comes-2/)

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> [It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-our-experience-that-the-nation-doesn-t-move-around-questions-of/)

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> [A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-social-movement-that-only-moves-people-is-merely-a-revolt-a/)

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> [Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/shallow-understanding-from-people-of-good-will-is-more-frustrating/)

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> [You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/you-know-my-friends-there-comes-a-time-when-people-get-tired-of-being-2/)

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> [Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/great-people-aren-t-those-who-are-happy-at-times-of-convienience-and/)

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> [When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/when-people-get-caught-up-with-that-which-is-right-and-they-are/)

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> [One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/one-of-the-great-liabilities-of-history-is-that-all-too-many-people-2/)

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> [I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-often-feel-like-saying-when-i-hear-the-question-people-aren-t-ready/)

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> [For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the homes of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/for-more-than-two-centuries-our-foreparents-labored-here-without/)

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> [People are often led to causes and often become committed to great ideas through persons who personify those ideas. They have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/people-are-often-led-to-causes-and-often-become-committed-to-great/)

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> [I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-question-and-soul-search-constantly-into-myself-to-be-as-certain-as/)

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> [If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-our-economic-system-is-to-survive-there-has-to-be-a-better/)

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> [Many people in Harlem never go out of Harlem. I mean they'd never even been downtown. And you can see how this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/many-people-in-harlem-never-go-out-of-harlem-i-mean-they-d-never-even/)

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> [There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-such-a-thing-as-the-freedom-of-exhaustion-some-people-are-so/)

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> [Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/many-people-fear-nothing-more-terribly-than-to-take-a-position-which/)

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> [As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/as-long-as-there-is-poverty-in-the-world-i-can-never-be-rich-even-if/)

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> [We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-dispel-the-negative-and-harmful-atmosphere-that-has-been/)

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> [History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/history-will-have-to-record-that-the-greatest-tragedy-of-this-period-2/)

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> [Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/most-of-these-people-will-never-make-the-headlines-and-their-names/)

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> [It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-a-strangely-irrational-notion-that-there-is-something-in-the/)

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> [In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-a-sense-we-ve-come-to-our-nation-s-capital-to-cash-a-check-when/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-struggling-for-human-dignity-the-oppressed-people-of-the-world/)

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> [I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-am-convinced-that-it-is-one-of-the-most-unjust-wars-that-has-ever/)

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> [Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/some-people-are-so-worn-down-by-the-yoke-of-oppression-that-they-give/)

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> [You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/you-have-very-little-morally-persuasive-power-with-people-who-can/)

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> [The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-only-time-people-do-not-like-praise-is-when-too-much-of-it-is/)

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> [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/)

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> [When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/when-people-criticize-zionists-they-mean-jews-you-are-talking-anti/)

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> [Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/nonviolence-is-the-most-potent-technique-for-oppressed-people/)

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> [The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-government-can-t-make-people-love-me-but-it-can-keep-them-from/)

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> [People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/people-with-good-intentions-but-limited-understanding-are-more/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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