Martin Luther King Jr. — Quotes and Wisdom

Quotes

10 total quotes

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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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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.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America