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
peace war believe
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear annihilation... I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow... I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed.
peace war moving
We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.
determination army special
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.
wisdom violence existence
The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.
life-and-love people great-people
Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
hate violence destruction
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
true-love real forgiving
The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.
kings revenge hate
Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
integrity should streets
If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.
strong humble men
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The militant are not generally known to be passive, nor the passive to be militant. Seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self-assertive humble. But life at it's best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.
encouragement children love-you
Do to us what you will, and we will still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and as difficult as it is, we will still love you. But we assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves, we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.
education baby money
It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.
christian men world
In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.
civil-rights revolution retreat
In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by....