Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

American - Leader January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 Read full biography

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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.

Love Hate Light Forgiveness

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friendship Friend Love Love Is Enemy

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

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Education Character Intelligence True

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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Hope Disappointment Lose Accept

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

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Ignorance World Stupidity Dangerous

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

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Faith Step You Staircase

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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Man Challenge Moments Comfort

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love Peace Racism War

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

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Struggle Step Justice Sacrifice

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

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Silence Words Friends End Remember

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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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Day Children Character Live

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

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Love Good Hate Best

The time is always right to do what is right.

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Time Brainy Always Right

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

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Man Justice Stand Up True

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

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Shadow Brainy See Everything

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

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History Made Makers

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

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Leadership Leader Genuine Consensus

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

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Good Silence People Bad People

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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Love Hate Great Burden Bear

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

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Change Small Rich Capitalism

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace I Am Justice Violence

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justice Injustice Threat Everywhere

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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Man Light Darkness Walk

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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Learning Live Together Fools

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

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Freedom Never Oppressor Oppressed

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Man Art Religion Live

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