Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

It [freedom] rings bells to remind humanity that the most precious gifts in life––like children and love and time––must never be taken for granted.

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Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.

Aberjhani

In its essence, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is one citizen’s soul-searing plea with his countrymen––Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America’s ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people groping their way through suffocating shadows of political turmoil, economic oppression, military mayhem, starvation, and disease.

Aberjhani

You don't have to stand up for your rights to get justice, sometimes you can sit for your rights like Rosa Parks.

As a sign of utmost gratitude for his contributions to the Indian society in restoring equal rights of the citizens, I confer him (B.R. Ambedkar) the title “Martin Luther King Jr. of India.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

Martin Luther King Jr.

For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was permitted to put 'human.' The form had to be completed under penalty of perjury, so I could not in conscience put 'white,' which is not even a color let alone a 'race,' and I sternly declined to put 'Caucasian,' which is an exploded term from a discredited ethnology. Surely the essential and unarguable core of King's campaign was the insistence that pigmentation was a false measure: a false measure of mankind (yes, mankind) and an inheritance from a time of great ignorance and stupidity and cruelty, when one drop of blood could make you 'black.

Christopher Hitchens

There's no Black, White, Asian, or Latinos. The only "RACE" is the "HUMAN-RACE".

Henry Johnson Jr

It may sound strange, but I get the inspiration for most of my Dreams while I'm sleeping.

His headstone saidFREE AT LAST, FREE AT LASTBut death is a slave's freedomWe seek the freedom of free menAnd the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence

The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of our planning...they did not realize that it was ridiculous to speak of timing when the clock of history showed that the Negro had already suffered one hundred years of delay.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn’t murder lie; it doesn’t establish truth. Violence may even murder the dishonest man, but it doesn’t murder dishonesty. Violence may go to the point of murdering the hater, but it doesn’t murder hate. It may increase hate. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn’t solve any problems.

Martin Luther King Jr.

We can’t answer King’s assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Liberia gave life, America gives me a DREAM.

Henry Johnson Jr

I am still hoping to see an America that would gradually move beyond race, only in times when old ideas would no longer lives and the new will grow with the young generation.

Henry Johnson Jr

In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The idea of freedom is complex and it is all-encompassing. It’s the idea that the economy must remain free of government persuasion. It’s the idea that the press must operate without government intrusion. And it’s the idea that the emails and phone records of Americans should remain free from government search and seizure. It’s the idea that parents must be the decision makers in regards to their children's education — not some government bureaucrat.But most importantly, it is the idea that the individual must be free to pursue his or her own happiness free from government dependence and free from government control. Because to be truly free is to be reliant on no one other than the author of our destiny. These are the ideas at the core of the Republican Party, and it is why I am a Republican. So my brothers and sisters of the American community, please join with me today in abandoning the government plantation and the Party of disappointment. So that we may all echo the words of one Republican leader who famously said, "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last.

Elbert Guillory

Tolstoy was a Caucasian, Gandhi was an Asian, and Martin Luther King Jr. was a Negro, yet all of their hearts were inspired by the one idea of nonviolent resistance. King received it from Gandhi, Gandhi received it from Tolstoy, and Tolstoy received it from Christ.

Right isn't always legal.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Theodore Parker

You know, I gave you the benefit of the doubt earlier when I first encountered you, the raging beast—oh I mean bitch. But nowI truly think that if greats who devoted themselves and achieved in some way at killing evil with kindness like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, well I think if any of them met you... they truly would break that seal of devotion and beat the bloody shit out of you.”“I take that as a compliment.”“Oh, I know you do.

Chelsea Ballinger

We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization - black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another. Or we can make an effort, as Martin Luther King did, to understand and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion and love.... What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.

Robert F. Kennedy

To preach about sin, but refuse to integrate grace and mercy is a sermonic sin.

Rev. Corey M. Osborne

True leaders are willing to die for their dreams. They don't oppress with ignorance; they impress with visions". They live like Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela...

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True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty.

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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The evidence of Martin Luther King Jnr’s “I have a dream” declaration was a passionate confirmation of how a dream meant for liberation, success and fulfilled life can become true.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.

Aberjhani

When the media is controlled by people who runs the world, you are only going to get news that they want you to know. They will paint anther's man country's hero a tyrant, a dictator or a murderer and favor the next just to divide and conquer the people.

Henry Johnson Jr

Age in just a number. It carries no weight. The real weight is in impacts. The truth is that you can do it at any age. Get up and be willing to leave a mark.

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You don’t influence people by commanding them. When you are doing that, you are a manipulator and not a leader.

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Just as you won’t enjoy the fruits of the tree you dislike, so you won’t even wait to learn from people you hate.

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You can decide to refuse to allow people who aim at hating you to achieve their aims.

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The most risky day in the world will be the day the bird will decide to swim and the fish will decide to fly. Stay glued to what you can do.

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It is not just about what you can do that will make you a leader. It is about how well you can do it.

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The more you concentrate on what you discover that you will be good for you to pursue, the more experienced you will be while doing it.

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This fact is that the heaviest and more burdensome load ever is neither the cement bag nor the iron rod. It is hatred.

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Harbour no hatred in your heart against anyone. People who do this have placed their influence on the risky line.

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If you will always remember your age and forget your dream, you will live great years and narrow impacts will come out of it.

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A self-leader looks around for problems, and then thinks deep to device solutions to them.

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And don’t forget, if you are very intelligent but load yourself with bad characters, nobody will follow you.

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Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age.

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You can’t be a self-leader if you are an enemy to yourself. Stop the hatred and love yourself.

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To influence people with your leadership gifts, you don’t make them your enemies. When they are your enemies, they won’t take your words seriously; neither will they support your actions.

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Since you can’t be influence by people who hate you, you cannot influence people you hate also.

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Not money, not fame and not positions can transform an enemy into a friend but rather, it is love that can do such a job.

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A leader’s goal is to improve on upon the past and if your goal is to remain where you are, doing the same things you have done times and times again, you can’t lead.

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Never reject the opportunity to take the first step. The first step is the key to obtaining the experience you have longed for.

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Whatever comes to you in a cheap way will vanish in a cheap way. Be patient and earn it the hard way.

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Avoid trying to win tough battles on the silver platter. If the struggle is tough the success is sweet.

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Develop the muscles for hard work and never be an early quitter.

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Leaders face battles. They don’t run away from troubles.

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If you’re going to give up after few attempts, bear it in mind that your struggles are going to be wasted.

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Most times, the way isn’t clear, but you want to start anyway. It is in starting with the first step that other steps become clearer.

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When you are silent on the truth, you have given a transport fare for the lie to travel and spread fast.

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A dream without an action is like a fish without gills. It can’t survive.

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Until you step in the game and influence the skills, you will never change the score line.

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It is good to exercise patience. But never let your patience be the type that will keep you refrained from acting.

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A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.

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Leaders fight hard wars againstinjustice and unfairness. Theybelieve that the truth is a weapon;when triggered, the lie dies.

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