Quotes from Martin Luther King III
Now, Martin Luther King Jr. was a bridge builder, not a wall builder.
— Martin Luther King III
I think dad would be very proud of young people standing up to promote truth, justice and equality.
— Martin Luther King III
Violence is the language of the unheard.
— Martin Luther King III
But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions of impoverished white men and women who were treated as second-class citizens.
— Martin Luther King III
If I woke up every day attempting to be my father, I would fail miserably. I think he was anointed. He was chosen by God, and there are few men or women in our world that will be chosen by God to make the kind of impact that he made.
— Martin Luther King III
My father's approach to the most brutal and unambiguous social injustices during the civil rights struggle was rooted in nonviolence as a morally and tactically correct response.
— Martin Luther King III
In the fifty years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we have made tremendous strides in the fight for equality. We must continue to move forward, not backward.
— Martin Luther King III
It's going to take all of us rolling up our sleeves to make America the America that it must become.
— Martin Luther King III
Our kids are reflections of us. How we interact with others, even in a hostile situation... how we respond and our children see that is how they are going to respond.
— Martin Luther King III
Human life is important and it feels like there is not a concern in communities of color. Very frustrated, but we will never give up and lose hope and change our system.
— Martin Luther King III
As human beings, we are God's highest creation.
— Martin Luther King III
Dad had a way of disarming people because he never really directly attacked them. He might attack a principle, but he never attacked the individual.
— Martin Luther King III