MLK Quotes

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

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

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.