--- title: "Best Today Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "53 Today quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Today sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_america_it-is-obvious-today-that-america-has-def_1956518.png" --- > [It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-obvious-today-that-america-has-defaulted-on-this-promissory/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_america_it-is-obvious-today-that-america-has-def_1956518.png) > [Our world hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so. God has made the universe to be based on a moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-world-hinges-on-moral-foundations-god-has-made-it-so-god-has-made/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/martin-luther-king-jr-127_character_our-world-hinges-on-moral-foundations-go_1304951.png) > [Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/too-often-an-institution-serves-to-bless-the-majority-opinion-today/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beats_too-often-an-institution-serves-to-bless_367524.png) > [The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-thing-that-we-need-in-the-world-today-is-a-group-of-men-and-women/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/martin-luther-king-jr-127_caught_the-thing-that-we-need-in-the-world-toda_1527027.png) > [Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/even-when-the-polls-are-open-to-all-negroes-have-shown-themselves-too/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/martin-luther-king-jr-127_apathetic_even-when-the-polls-are-open-to-all-negr_2675779.jpg) > [I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-could-never-again-raise-my-voice-against-the-violence-of-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/martin-luther-king-jr-127_firsts_i-could-never-again-raise-my-voice-again_1639678.png) > [My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/my-friends-all-i-m-trying-to-say-is-that-if-we-are-to-go-forward/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/martin-luther-king-jr-127_able_my-friends-all-i-m-trying-to-say-is-that_2285623.jpg) > [I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-know-that-love-is-ultimately-the-only-answer-to-mankind-s-problems-2/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/martin-luther-king-jr-127_answers_i-know-that-love-is-ultimately-the-only_2818377.png) > [A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/a-nation-that-will-keep-people-in-slavery-for-244-years-will-thingify/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/martin-luther-king-jr-127_america_a-nation-that-will-keep-people-in-slaver_747169.jpg) > [There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/there-is-little-hope-for-us-until-we-become-tough-minded-enough-to-2/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/martin-luther-king-jr-127_break_there-is-little-hope-for-us-until-we-bec_707377.png) > [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-3/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a15/martin-luther-king-jr-127_beautiful_we-are-now-faced-with-the-fact-my-friend_2240609.jpg) > [They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/they-asked-if-our-own-nation-wasn-t-using-massive-doses-of-violence/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/martin-luther-king-jr-127_boys_they-asked-if-our-own-nation-wasn-t-usin_1193510.png) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/martin-luther-king-jr-127_ability_one-of-the-great-liabilities-of-history_1014776.png) ## Other authors on Today - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 83 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/jay-leno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conan-obrien-24934.jpg) Conan O'Brien 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/conan-o-brien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. 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We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [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/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/today/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "Best Today Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. 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