Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is Love that will save our world and our civilization.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is the only creative, redemptive, transforming power, in the universe.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.