Quotes about Equality
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
- Martin Luther
To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence is not the way.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.