1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.

Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

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

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters.

The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.

Man is not made for the state; the state is made for man. To deprive man of freedom is to relegate him to the status of a thing, rather than elevate him to the status of a person. Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

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