Martin Luther King Short Quotes

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A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

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We are bound together in a single garment of destiny.

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True greatness comes not by favoritism, but by fitness.

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The best way to solve any problem is to remove the cause.

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Ultimately, one's sense of manhood must come from within.

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I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

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That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind.

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I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity

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There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.

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

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Time is neutral. It can be used destructively or constructively.

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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

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Today's despair is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow's justice.

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Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.

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History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

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Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.

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Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?

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I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

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Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.

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There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will.

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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

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We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

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

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Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

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We must constantly build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

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Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

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Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.

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The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

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