Martin Luther King, Jr

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“It is precisely this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our times.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I just want to do God’s will.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Even if they try to kill you, you develop the inner conviction that there are some things so precious, some things so…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Was not Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr