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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

    “If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

      “That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

        “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

          “Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

            “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

              “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ~ 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. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

                  “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ~ Martin Luther King

                    “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

                      “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

                        “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

                          “Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

                            “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                              “Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                                “If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations, and that all reality has spiritual control.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                                  “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                                    “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                                      “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

                                        “Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.