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Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?

Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Hate, Justice
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.99, Beacon Press

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Submissive, Surrender, Cowardice
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.138, Beacon Press

Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus, Love You, Thinking
"Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change, Ideas, Challenges
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.19, Beacon Press

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Hope, Stars

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Change, Sister

Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Creative, Use, Rage

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age, Poverty, Curse
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.115, Beacon Press

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wise, Men, Obscurity

There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Soul, Cry
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.49, Beacon Press

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Girl, Dream, Boys

Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poison, Abnormal, Problem
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dream, Kings, Kids

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
True Power, Sophistry, Action
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pain, Emotional, Thinking
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.22, Beacon Press

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Peace, Kings
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.115, Beacon Press

The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Israel, Mind Blowing, Democracy

We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.28, Beacon Press

I just want to do God’s will.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Want, God's Will
Address to sanitation workers, Memphis, Tenn., 3 Apr. 1968.

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Believe, Justice, I Have A Dream Speech
I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
True Love, Real, Forgiving
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Years, Direct Action
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.90, Beacon Press

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Historical, Independence
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.104, Beacon Press

Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
March On Washington, Soul, Height
I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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