Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Negotiation

• The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Doors, Direct Action

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press

• A world war - God forbid! - will leave only smoldering ashes as a mute testimony of a human race whose folly led inexorably to untimely death. Yet there are those who sincerely feel that disarmament is an evil and international negotiation is an abominable waste of time.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Race, Evil

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

• Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Father, Cities

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.87, Beacon Press

• In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, Direct Action, Campaigns

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.57, Beacon Press

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