Quotes about Martin Luther King Jr.
Only a dry as dust religion prompts a minister to extol the glories of Heaven while ignoring the social conditions that cause men an Earthly hell.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Non-violence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today in all too many Northern communities a sort of quasi-liberalism prevails, so bent on seeing all sides that it fails to become dedicated to any side. It is so objectively analytical that it is not subjectively committed.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you sow the seeds of violence in your struggle, unborn generations will reap the whirlwind of social disintegration.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and worth and should be pursued with respect for excellence.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
He explains how all African Americans involved in our own liberation struggle came to embody the dignity of moral conviction and self-sacrifice. Importantly, he explains here how the way of nonviolence heals the oppressed as well as the oppressor.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever measure of influence I had as a result of the importance which the world attaches to the Nobel Peace Prize would have to be used to bring the philosophy of nonviolence to all the world's people who grapple with the age-old problem of racial injustice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the first principles of nonviolence is a willingness to be the recipient of violence, while never inflicting violence on another.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was led by now-Rep. John Lewis and Hosea Williams, who worked with my father, Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King III
It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century the church was one of the greatest bulwarks of white supremacy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.