Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”

“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”

“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.”

“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”

“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”

“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”