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I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace, Kings, Unconditional Love
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.116, Beacon Press

The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century. Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee, the cry is always the same: 'We want to be free.'

Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York, Stars, Dark
I've Been to the Mountaintop, delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee

Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Disappointment, Life Changing
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.103, Beacon Press

Riots are the voices of the unheard.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Voice, Revolution, Riot

Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate. This is why the psychiatrists say, "Love or perish." Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hate, Cancer, Personality

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kings, Stars, Racism
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.106, Beacon Press

Without love, benevolence becomes egotism.

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Sad Love, Anger, Love Is
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.150, Beacon Press

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.147, Beacon Press

The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates of racial equality are consecrated white persons.

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White, Evil, Looks

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.
White, Derivatives, Crime
Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life Changing, Knowing, Littles

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.

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Success, Wisdom, World
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.11, Beacon Press

The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many Negroes seek to embrace only one side of their natures.

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Children, Two, America

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Motivational, Positive

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education, Character, Giving
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace, War, Believe
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize Speech in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1964.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evil, Cooperation, Moral

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Heart, Emotional

I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I approached the front window Coretta pointed joyfully to a slowly moving bus: "Darling, it's empty!

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drinking, Coffee, Moving
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
War, Organizer, Nationality
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.63, Beacon Press

Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Lightning, Sound
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.10, Beacon Press

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace, War, Cosmic
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.133, Beacon Press

Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.

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

Man must never be treated as a means to the end of the state, but always as an end within himself.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mean, Men, Ends
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.31, Beacon Press

Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
War, Government, Order

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