Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.