Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRViolence is not only impractical but immoral.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRIt may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRHate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRA true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWhat affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRLightning makes no sound until it strikes.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRMorality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRAt the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNot only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JREvery man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThe road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR