1,161 Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few....

Courageous men never lose the zest for living even though their life situation is zestless; cowardly men, overwhelmed by the uncertainties of life, lose the will to live. We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist.

The self cannot be self without other selves.

I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.

In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.