Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
- 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.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We can either walk the highroad of brotherhood or the low road of man's inhumanity to man.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My faith in man is, at bottom, a faith in God.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who has nothing he is willing to die for has nothing worth living for
- Martin Luther King, Jr.