“Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
Knowledge“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Great“Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
Knowledge“A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.”
Death“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”
Love“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Work“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Equality“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Time“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Love“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”
Equality“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”
Change“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Freedom“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”
Love“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”
Society“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Good“We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
Money“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
Love“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
Good“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
History“We must use time creatively.”
Time“Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.”
Sympathy