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Quotes from Three Ways of Meeting Oppression — Martin Luther King Jr.

1929–1968 United States

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

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

This is the type of negative freedom and resignation that often engulfs the life of the oppressed.

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

The third way open to oppressed people in their quest for freedom is the way of nonviolent resistance.

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem; it merely creates new and more complicated ones.

Three Ways of Meeting Oppression (1958)

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. Violence often brings about momentary results.

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.