“Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Source: The Radical King
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Famous Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”
Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”
Source: A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
Source: Strength to Love
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.”
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.”
“Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.”
“It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.”