Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.”

“Seeing is not always believing.”

“A right delayed is a right denied.”

“I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.”

“Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.”

“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.”

“Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.”

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.”

“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”