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title: "53 Today Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr"
description: "Time quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. focus on today’s urgency, change, and lasting actions."
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> [I have a dream today!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-today/)

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> [Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/is-your-heart-right-if-your-heart-isn-t-right-fix-it-up-today/)

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> [Today, is a great day to make a difference for someone. 'I have a dream'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/today-is-a-great-day-to-make-a-difference-for-someone-i-have-a-dream/)

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> [We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-still-have-a-choice-today-nonviolence-coesistence-or-violent/)

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> [If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-i-knew-that-the-world-ends-tomorrow-i-even-today-plant-a-tree/)

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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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> [And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/and-so-even-though-we-face-the-difficulties-of-today-and-tomorrow-i/)

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> [I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-say-to-you-today-my-friends-that-in-spite-of-the-difficulties-and-2/)

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> [Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/today-our-very-survival-depends-on-our-ability-to-stay-awake-to/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-still-have-a-choice-today-nonviolent-coexistence-or-violent-co-2/)

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> [I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-say-to-you-today-my-friends-so-even-though-we-face-the-difficulties/)

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> [Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/today-we-know-with-certainty-that-segregation-is-dead-the-only/)

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> [We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-my-friends-that-tomorrow-is-today-we-2/)

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> [It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-no-longer-a-choice-between-violence-and-nonviolence-in-this/)

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> [We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-know-nothing-about-africa-although-our-roots-are-there-in-terms-of/)

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> [We must see the great distinction between a reform movement and a revolutionary movement. We are called upon to raise certain basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-see-the-great-distinction-between-a-reform-movement-and-a/)

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> [The time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us today... ...some of us who have already begun to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-time-comes-when-silence-is-betrayal-that-time-has-come-for-us/)

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> [We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-that-tomorrow-is-today-we-are/)

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> [The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-marvelous-new-militancy-which-has-engulfed-the-negro-community/)

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> [If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-lose-hope-somehow-you-lose-the-vitality-that-keeps-moving-you/)

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> [We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-are-faced-with-the-fact-my-friends-that-tomorrow-is-today/)

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> [I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-still-have-a-dream-today-that-one-day-war-will-come-to-an-end-that/)

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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. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-refuse-to-accept-the-cynical-notion-that-nation-after-nation-must/)

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> [The recent statement of your executive committee are the sentiments of my own heart and I found myself in full accord when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-recent-statement-of-your-executive-committee-are-the-sentiments/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-refuse-to-accept-the-cynical-notion-that-nation-after-nation-must-2/)

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> [The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-nation-is-sick-trouble-is-in-the-land-confusion-all-around-but-i/)

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> [I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-imagine-you-already-know-that-i-am-much-more-socialistic-in-my/)

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> [I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-knew-that-i-could-never-again-raise-my-voice-against-the-violence/)

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> [I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-on-the-red-hills-of-georgia-sons-of/)

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> [I have a dream... I have a dream today... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-i-have-a-dream-today-and-if-america-is-to-be-a-great/)

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> [The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-world-in-which-we-live-is-geographically-one-the-challenge-that/)

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> [We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-know-of-no-more-crucial-civil-rights-issue-facing-congress-today/)

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> [As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/as-a-young-man-with-most-of-my-life-ahead-of-me-i-decided-early-to/)

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> [Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-only-hope-today-lies-in-our-ability-to-recapture-the-2/)

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> [I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-must-face-the-fact-as-all-others-in-positions-of-leadership-must-do/)

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> [Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-only-hope-today-lies-in-our-ability-to-recapture-the/)

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> [If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-i-lived-in-a-communist-country-today-where-certain-principles-dear/)

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> [For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/for-all-of-us-today-the-battle-is-in-our-hands-the-road-ahead-is-not/)

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> [If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/if-the-church-of-today-does-not-recapture-the-sacrificial-spirit-of/)

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## More by Martin Luther King, Jr

> [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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