1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Communism will never be defeated by atomic bombs. Our greatest defense against Communism is to take offensive action on behalf of justice and righteousness. We must seek to remove conditions of poverty, injustice, and racial discrimination.

Where evil men would seek to perpetuate an unjust status quo, good men must seek to bring into being a real order of justice.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!"

Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.

We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism. We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practice the very opposite of the democratic creed.... This strange dichotomy, this agonizing gulf between the ought and the is, represents the tragic theme of man's earthly pilgrimage.

We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.

The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.