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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible leader of the Civil Rights Movement. His philosophy of nonviolent resistance and his extraordinary gift for oratory — exemplified by his "I Have a Dream" speech — changed the course of American history and earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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All Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Legal

“Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Knowledge

“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.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Equality

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great

“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.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change

“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love

“We must use time creatively.”

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Time

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

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Time

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men

“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Time

“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Equality

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love

“I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Respect

“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith

“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leadership

“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

War