Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth15 January 1929
CountryUnited States of America
law anarchy defying
In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.
dream dreamer
You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream.
peace war sacrifice
We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
action responsible being-responsible
Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.
should great-things universe
Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see.
moving justice long
We must move forward in the days ahead with audacious faith. The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.
lynching government people
The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.
powerful love-is world
Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.
people suffering technique
Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.
disappointment giving priorities
I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his spirit to permeate your being. ... If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come.
believe land people
I may not get there with you, but I believe that we as a people will someday reach the promised land.
destiny atlanta ideas
I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea.
war deeds too-late
Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate and perpetuate war.
media everyday poverty
It is not only poverty that torments the Negro; it is the fact of poverty amid plenty. It is a misery generated by the gulf between the affluence he sees in the mass media and the deprivation he experiences in his everyday life.