Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is power, but it is the right and good use of power.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law ... We will not obey your evil laws.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think a revolution can survive without single centralized leadership.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.