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Famous Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
“Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.”
“Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.”
“I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.”
“Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.”
Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny
“In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.”
Source: Why We Can't Wait
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“America, you must be born again!”
Source: The Radical King
“If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.”
Source: I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr
Source: Strength to Love
“Violence multiplies violence.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny
“Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.”
Source: The Trumpet of Conscience
“Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.”
Source: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.”
Source: Strength to Love
Source: Strength to Love
“True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.”
Source: Strength to Love
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
Source: I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr
“Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?”
“Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.”