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
humans ought fellows
For you will never be what you ought to be until they [your fellow humans] are what they ought to be.
men men-and-women bent
Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent
mistake mind use
The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action.
way minors majors
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
long want difficult-days
Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.
sympathy true-friend giving
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
summer autumn equality
The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
war society vietnam
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
inspirational freedom fear
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
inspirational change time
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
wisdom men african-american
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
character men color
Judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.
one-day needs helping
We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
progress way saws
Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of passivity without arraying himself in vindictive force.