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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Change, Sister

We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.28, Beacon Press

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Years, Direct Action
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.90, Beacon Press

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Historical, Independence
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.104, Beacon Press

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Change, Strength

If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Loyalty, Church
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.103, Beacon Press

A right delayed is a right denied.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Rights, Rejection

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Broken, Promise
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.87, Beacon Press

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.138, Beacon Press

There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Inspiring, Time
"Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech in Washington, D.C., kinginstitute.stanford.edu. March 31, 1968.

A time comes when silence is betrayal.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Betrayal, Memorable
"Beyond Vietnam". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech at Riverside Church in New York City, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. April 4, 1967.

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Action, Injustice
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, God
Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Father, Cities
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.87, Beacon Press

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Men, Squares
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.92, Beacon Press

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Character, Justice
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Doors, Direct Action
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Spiritual, Peace
Strength to Love ch. 7 (1963)

If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Dying, Fit

Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Violence, Problem
Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Giving Up, People
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Disappointment, Life Changing
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.103, Beacon Press

Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Lightning, Sound
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.10, Beacon Press

Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, America, Goal
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.104, Beacon Press

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