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Quotes from I've Been to the Mountaintop — Martin Luther King Jr.

1929–1968 United States

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9 quotes

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper."

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

Be concerned about your brother. You may not be on strike. But either we go up together, or we go down together.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

We aren't going to let any mace stop us. We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces; they don't know what to do.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

I'm delighted to see each of you here tonight in spite of a storm warning. You reveal that you are determined to go on anyhow. Something is happening in Memphis, something is happening in our world.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right. And so just as I say, we aren't going to let any injunction turn us around. We are going on.

I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)

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