Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”

“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.”

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”

“I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

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

“Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.”

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”