it is just as wrong, or even perhaps more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It's not how long a man lives, but how well he uses the time allotted him. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
Don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them. We must use the weapon of love. We must 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]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I've told the kids in the ghettos that violence won't solve their problems, but then they ask me, and rightly so; "Why… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The use of violence in our struggle would be both impractical and immoral. To meet hate with retaliatory hate would do nothing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've… — 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
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
![“[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative…” quote by Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/74a/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alternatives_i-t-must-be-emphasized-that-nonviolent-r_2830581.jpg)
