Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Writing

• I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Writing, Ideas, Evil

• If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Writing, Blood, Understanding

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• Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts, and pray long prayers?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Prayer, Writing, Thinking

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.70, Beacon Press

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