Believe Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth

— Martin Luther King, Jr

[People] don't see that there's a great deal of a difference between nonresistance to evil and nonviolent resistance.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed…

— Martin Luther King, Jr