Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes - Page 4

• When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

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  Life Changing, Men, Evil

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• An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

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  Life, Greatness, Diversity

  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2017). “The Measure of a Man”, p.18, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

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  Long, Doe, Matter

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• If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.

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  Forgiveness, Eye, Teeth

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• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

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  Freedom, 4th Of July, Direct Action

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• By opening our lives to God in Christ, we become new creatures. This experience, which Jesus spoke of as the new birth, is essential if we are to be transformed nonconformists . . . Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight vigorously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit.

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  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.18, Beacon Press

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• In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be... This is the inter-related structure of reality.

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  Real, Destiny, Men

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

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• We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.

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  Men, World, Misguided

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• Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Tyrants, Libertarian Party, Thought Provoking

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.94, Beacon Press

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• There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.

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  Forgiveness, Worst Enemy, Evil

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.39, Beacon Press

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• We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, both here and abroad.

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  Believe, Hard Work, Black And White

  "Secretary Zinke, we can't afford to ignore diversity" by Andre Perry, www.cnn.com. March 27, 2018.

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  A riot is the language of the unheard.

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  Inspirational, Kings, Race Riots

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2016). “MLK on "The Other America" and "Black Power"”, p.6, Beacon Press

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• Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

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  Giving, Faces, Uncertainty

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.117, Beacon Press

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• Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

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  First Love, Generosity, Feelings

  "The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. February 4, 1968.

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• Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

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  Education, Character, School

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.

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  Love, Peace, Winning

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.

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  Brother, Men, Challenges

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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• I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was

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  Men, May, Want

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• We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.

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  Brother, Hands, Justice

  Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

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• Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.

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  Inspirational, Kings, Health

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• I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

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  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  "I Have a Dream". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. August 28, 1963.

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• School takes 13 years, because that is how long it takes to break a child's spirit.

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  Children, School, Years

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• When you cut facilities, slash jobs, abuse power, discriminate, drive people into deeper poverty & shoot people dead whilst refusing to provide answers or justice, the people will rise up & express their anger & frustration if you refuse to hear their cries. A riot is the language of the unheard.

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  Jobs, Cutting, Frustration

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• We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

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  Party, Betrayed, Faces

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.32, Beacon Press

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• History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

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  Inspirational, Giving Up, Long

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

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