Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."

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We cannot long survive spiritually separated in a world that is geographically together.

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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.

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The complete education gives one not only the power of concentration but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

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We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

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You must be willing to suffer the anger of the opponent, and yet not return anger. No matter how emotional your opponents are, you must remain calm.

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I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

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For 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.

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Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

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We must condemn those who are perpetuating the violence, and not the individuals who engage in the pursuit of their constitutional rights.

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Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.

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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.

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I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.

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Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.

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The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.

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A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

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Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

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I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.

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Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

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We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.