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
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Returning hate for hate multiplies hate...
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Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
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Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.
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Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
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Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris
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I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.
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There are often multiple sources for some famous statements by King; as a professional speaker and minister he used some significant phrases with only slight variation many times in his essays, books, and his speeches to different audiences.
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Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.
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In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
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I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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Returning violence for violence multiplies violence... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.