Home » Martin Luther King, Jr Martin Luther King, Jr Martin Luther King, Jr Born : _________ Died : -- 1 We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. Martin Luther King, Jr Peace, War, Negative Add to Collection 2 The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. Martin Luther King, Jr Past, Peaceful, Poor Add to Collection 3 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. Martin Luther King, Jr Wish, Understanding, Angry Add to Collection 4 It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society. Martin Luther King, Jr Society, White, Born Add to Collection 5 A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. Martin Luther King, Jr Death, Spiritual, Men Add to Collection 6 The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi. Martin Luther King, Jr Self, Principle, Weapons Add to Collection 7 Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Martin Luther King, Jr Hands, Human, Salvation Add to Collection 8 When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. Martin Luther King, Jr You, Right, Conservative Add to Collection 9 Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. Martin Luther King, Jr Peace, Goal, Seek Add to Collection 10 I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr Love, Truth, Evil Add to Collection 11 Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. Martin Luther King, Jr Man, Powerful, Sword Add to Collection 12 It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. Martin Luther King, Jr Love, Peace, War Add to Collection 13 The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt. Martin Luther King, Jr Man, Free, Guilt Add to Collection 14 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. Martin Luther King, Jr God, America, World Add to Collection 15 Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. Martin Luther King, Jr Pure, Seek, Use Add to Collection 16 Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. Martin Luther King, Jr Man, Hate, Violence Add to Collection 17 A right delayed is a right denied. Martin Luther King, Jr Right, Delayed, Denied Add to Collection 18 We must use time creatively. Martin Luther King, Jr Time, Use, Must Add to Collection 19 There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. Martin Luther King, Jr Life, Time, November Add to Collection 20 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. Martin Luther King, Jr History, Good, Silence Add to Collection 21 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. Martin Luther King, Jr Love, Evil, Hate Add to Collection 22 Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Martin Luther King, Jr Good, People, Understanding Add to Collection 23 War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. Martin Luther King, Jr War, Tomorrow, Poor Add to Collection 24 A riot is the language of the unheard. Martin Luther King, Jr Language, Riot, Unheard Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 5 next › last »
