1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in the struggle. We must never struggle with falsehood, hate, or malice. We must never become bitter.

My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty precious values that we've left behind. That's the only way that we would be able to make of our world a better world, and to make of this world what God wants it to be and the real purpose and meaning of it.

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.