Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.

The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.

There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is a man-made code that is out of harmony with the moral law.

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.