A biography for Martin Luther Kinghasn’t been written yet.
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”
“A lie cannot live.”
“To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim.”
“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.”
“Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.”
“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”
“We must use time creatively.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.”
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.”
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”