Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never could I advocate nonviolence in this country and not advocate nonviolence for the whole world. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Brutality was imprisoned in a lumious glare revealing the naked truth to the whole world — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must see the great distinction between a reform movement and a revolutionary movement. We are called upon to raise certain basic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It was argued that the Negro was inferior by nature because of Noah's curse upon the children of Ham… The greatest blasphemy… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters, they were in reality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation… — 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
