“For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
God has set the type of marriage everywhere throughout the creation. Every creature seeks its perfection in another. The very heavens and earth picture… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
A nation that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“When, for decades, you have been able to make a man compromise his manhood by threatening him with a cruel and unjust punishment, and… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Deep in our history of struggle for freedom, Canada was the North star” — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
