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
america mankind audacious
I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.
white evil looks
The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates of racial equality are consecrated white persons.
believe heart winning
I would be misleading you if I made you feel that we could win a violent campaign. It's impractical even to think about it. The minute we start, we will end up getting many more people killed unnecessarily. Now, I'm ready to die myself. Many other committed people are ready to die. If you believe in something firmly, if you believe in it truly, if you believe it in your heart, you are willing to die for it, but I'm not going to advocate a method that brings about unnecessary death.
differences events would-be
In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face the same unchanged conditions, the same squalor and deprivation-the only difference being that his bitterness would be even more intense, his disenchantment even more abject. Thus, in purely practical as well as moral terms, the American Negro has no rational alternative to nonviolence.
direct-action issues creative
Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored... I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, and there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth.
heart men soul
My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man
form insight defects
You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.
sweet passion silence
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends
ill-will people understanding
People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.
temples body worship
The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.
real blessed play
Be sure to play "Blessed Lord" tonight - play it real pretty.
stars winning sun
If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
vanity morality asks
Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?
expression direct-action social-values
Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.