I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think a revolution can survive without single centralized leadership. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Wherever schools can be integrated through the busing method, and where it won't be just a, a terrible inconvenience, I think it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Rarely we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
For you all think God is one who rewards good and punishes evil, but I say to you that God is one… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency… — 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
I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A second thing that an individual must do in seeking to love his enemy is to discover the element of good in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what hate does for the individual hated or the individuals hated or the groups hated. But it is even more tragic, it is even more ruinous and injurious to the individual who hates. ... For the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I would be misleading you if I made you feel that we could win a violent campaign. It's impractical even to think… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a person more fearless and courageous than my father ... The thing that I admire most about my dad is his genuine Christian character. He is a man of real integrity, deeply committed to moral and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of love in action and not something where you say, "Love your enemies," and just leave it at that, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think one can live in American society with a certain cultural heritage, whether it's an African heritage or other, European,what have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
For years, I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions in the South, a little change here, a little change… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
[Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It's very easy for one talking about violence and hatred for the white man to appeal to [Negro from ghetto]. I have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus'… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then I ask myself, 'What is it that I want said?' I'd like somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day, that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
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
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
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![“I think if we, say, if all of the major leaders in this struggle [for human's rights] were at, at war with each other, then I think it would be very difficult to make this social revolution the kind of powerful revolution that it's proved to be.” quote by Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/193/martin-luther-king-jr-127_difficult_i-think-if-we-say-if-all-of-the-major-le_755654.jpg)
