“It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practise the very antithesis of these principles.… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share
“There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have been waging in America. A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor -- both black and white --… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share
“During the early 1950s the hangman operating with the cold war troops was McCarthyism. For years it decimated social organizations, throttled free… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“And in every one of us, there's a war going on. It's a civil war. I don't care who you are, I… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. — 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 when suddenly he turns upon you and says: “Punish me. I do not deserve it. But because I do not deserve it, I will accept it so that the world will know that I am right… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share
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
