Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

58 Famous Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me”
Enemies Quotes
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Ignorance Quotes
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”
Justice Quotes
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Justice Quotes
“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?"”
Questioning Quotes
“Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
Science Quotes
“To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.”
African american Quotes
“Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
Aggression Quotes
“Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.”
Beliefs Quotes
“O God, thy sea is so great, and my boat is so small”
Boats Quotes
“Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.”
Career Quotes
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”
Christianity Quotes
“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.”
Civilization Quotes
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Danger Quotes
“Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.”
Darkness Quotes
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Disappointment Quotes
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Discrimination Quotes
“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”
Discrimination Quotes
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Equality Quotes
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
Evil Quotes
“Seeing is not always believing.”
Eyes Quotes
“The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.”
Fascism Quotes
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Friends Quotes
“Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.”
Human rights Quotes
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Injustice Quotes