1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

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

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.