69 quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“We will have to repent in this generation; not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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