Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Seeing is not always believing.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is no gain without struggle.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.