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Brother Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- All life is interrelated. The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich. We are inevitably our brother's…
- We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no…
- I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and…
- Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of…
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge…
- At the heart of all that civilization has meant and developed is 'community' - the mutually cooperative and voluntary venture of man to assume a…
- I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are…
- The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
- We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” It…
- Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together.
- We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the earth…
- Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This is the calling…
- Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I…
- When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.
- I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
- If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then…
- We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth…
- When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands…
- Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his…
- Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris
- The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim…
- The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
More Brother Quotes
- My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music. — Kevin Bacon
- My brother is the lifelong musician; he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember… — Kevin Bacon
- America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land. — Philip James Bailey
- Muslims should live like brothers. — Abu Bakr
- I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth,… — Stephen Baldwin
- Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! — Honore de Balzac
- A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. — Brigitte Bardot
- Growing up in a Jewish matriarchal world inside the patriarchal paradise of Salt Lake City, Utah, gave me increased perspective on gender… — Roseanne Barr
- We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Hypocrite reader my fellow my brother! — Charles Baudelaire