1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Christianity affirms that at the heart of reality is a Heart, a loving Father who works through history for the salvation of His children. Man cannot save himself, for man is not the measure of all things and humanity is not God. Bound by the chains of his own sin and finiteness, man needs a Savior.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....