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Famous Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.”
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.”
“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
“Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
“We must use time creatively.”
“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”
“I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.”