Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Seeing is not always believing.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A riot is the language of the unheard.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.