The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Once you become dedicated to a cause, personal security is not the goal. What will happen to you personally does not matter.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A world war - God forbid! - will leave only smoldering ashes as a mute testimony of a human race whose folly… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man's capacity to better himself… — 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 perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
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 power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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 perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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 power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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