Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think there can be a collective leadership. Maybe some symbolize the struggle [for human's rights] a little more than others, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other rights. The walling off of Negroes from equal education is part of the historical design to submerge him in second class status. Therefore, as Negroes have struggled to be free they have had to fight for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an… — 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 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