Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

1929–1968 United States

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Also known as: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., King, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King, Jr, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Every now and then I ask myself, "What is it that I would want said?"

The Drum Major Instinct (1968)

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Strength to Love (1963)

I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Cobo Center speech (1963)

I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)

In every age and every generation, men have envisioned a promised land.

There is scarcely anything more tragic in human life than a child who is not wanted. That which should be a blessing becomes a curse for parent and child.

Family Planning - A Special and Urgent Concern (1966)

We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.

The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.

The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy (1968)

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

Strength to Love (1963)

In a real sense faith is total surrender to God.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Let us move now from the practical how to the theoretical why: Why should we love our enemies?

Loving Your Enemies (1957)

I am afraid that many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life.

Paul's Letter to American Christians (1956)

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"

I Have a Dream (1963)

Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love.

Man is more than a producing animal guided by economic forces; he is a being of spirit, crowned with glory and honor, endowed with the gift of freedom.

Strength to Love (1963)

I'm getting sick and tired of people saying that this movement has been infiltrated by Communists. There are as many Communists in this freedom movement as there are Eskimos in Florida.

One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self criticism.

The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousnes (1960)

Nonviolent resistance is not aimed against oppressors, but against oppression.

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Luther King Jr. (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.