Not 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 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 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 JRTrue compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTrue peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRForgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRLightning makes no sound until it strikes.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRHate destroys the hater.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRIf you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRI became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR