Character Quote by Maulana Karenga

Martin Luther King was an extremist of love.

— Cornel West

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

— Wynton Marsalis

Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the…

— Cornel West

“violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another’s flesh.’ — Martin Luther King, Jr.”

— Joe Haldeman

Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to live his life serving others.

— Coretta Scott King

As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its evil."

— Viggo Mortensen

“The ultimate weakness of violence,” observed Martin Luther King, Jr., “is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to…

— Walter Wink

“Martin luther king '' A man who have not discovered something he will die for, is not fit to live.”

— Martin luther king jr

“The righteous man always resembles more a loser than a victor, for the Lord lets him be tested and assailed to his utmost limits…

— Daniel Hochhalter

We live in a world where people are fearful of extremism, but Martin Luther King would say he was always trying to keep the…

— Cornel West

Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you…

— Stokely Carmichael

“The moral argument ends the moment someone tries to hurt the people you love.”

— Adrian Howell