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Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

Martin Luther King Jr was an American activist , Baptist minister and leader in the African American civil rights movement to end racial discrimination by using non violent methods and civil disobedience. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. Here is a collection of famous and most inspirational Martin Luther King Quotes on peace, faith, hope, leadership, dreams, freedom and more.

Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

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Strength and Character

The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy.0 points

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Freedom

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.0 points

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Leadership

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.0 points

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Faith

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.0 points

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Freedom

We will speed the day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing...
Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last.0 points

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Love and Light

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.0 points

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Justice

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.0 points

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Nonviolence

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.0 points

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Freedom

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.0 points

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Freedom

In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.0 points

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Responsibility

One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.0 points

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Dreams

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."0 points

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Change

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.0 points

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Progress

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.0 points

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Values

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.0 points

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War and Peace

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.0 points

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Humanity

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.0 points

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Judgement and Character

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.0 points

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Rememberance

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.0 points

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Peace

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.0 points

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Forgiveness

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.0 points

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Courage

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.0 points

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Hope

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.0 points

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Silence

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.0 points

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Doing right

The time is always right to do what is right.0 points

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Peace

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.0 points

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Life

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.0 points

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Love

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.0 points

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the interrelated structure of reality.

All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.0 points

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Comments

  • kathysart Dec 24, 2011 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    He said the most amazing things.. wonderful tribute to him. THUMBS UP and ANGEL BLESSED
  • faithfuljim Jan 15, 2011 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Thanks for making this lense. I added a quote and I favored it and added it to my lesnse on Peter, Paul & Mary (http://www.squidoo.com/Peter-Paul---Mary) since they took part in the march on Washington (check out my lense photo).
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