Quotes by Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

American preacher

Lived from: 1929 - 1968

Category: Theologians and clergy Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 15 january 1929 Died: 4 april 1968

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  • Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
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  • Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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  • Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
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  • Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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  • Riots are the voices of the unheard.
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  • Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will.
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  • That old law about ''an eye for an eye'' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
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  • The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
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  • The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
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  • The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.
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  • The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
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  • The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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  • The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
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  • The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.
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  • The time is always right to do what is right.
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  • The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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  • The worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived.
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  • There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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  • There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth losing a job for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.
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  • There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
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