Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”

“If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.”

“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”

“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.”

“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

“The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.”

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

“We must use time creatively.”

“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”

“If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.”