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As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Long, Mind, Body
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2016). “MLK on "The Other America" and "Black Power"”, p.15, Beacon Press

If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, "There lived a great people-a black people-who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Book, Civilization
Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Purpose, Achieve, Ability
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Michael K. Honey (2011). “All Labor Has Dignity”, p.145, Beacon Press

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Death, 4th Of July, Bad Ass
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace, Kings, Evil
"Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change, Kings, Land
Address to sanitation workers, Memphis, Tenn., 3 Apr. 1968.

It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century the church was one of the greatest bulwarks of white supremacy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, White, Tragedy
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyzes life; love harmonies it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love Life, Hatred, Disease

Unity has never meant uniformity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unity, Uniformity
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.99, Beacon Press

Hate destroys the hater.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hate
"Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About" by Sheilah Graham, www.carygrant.net. June 1964.

The Universe is on the side of Justice

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice, Sides, Universe
Kenneth L. Smith, Martin Luther King (Jr.), Ira G. Zepp (1986). “Search for the beloved community: the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Univ Pr of Amer

Our age is one of guided missiles and unguided men.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nature, Men, Age

Be the best of whatever you are.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Being The Best
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.122, Beacon Press

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Moving, Direct Action, People
"Blacklivesmatter protests shut down major highway in Boston, 29 arrested" by Adam Fleischer, www.mtv.com. January 15, 2015.

It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Education, Baby, Money

Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Israel, Democracy, World
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2017). “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations”, p.81, Melville House

Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change, Strong, Power
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.199, Beacon Press

Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jobs, Self, Should

Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Morning, Half, World
Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

Friends are forever Boys are whatever.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boys, Forever

I have a dream today!

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

The United States is the largest exporter of violence in the world

Martin Luther King, Jr.
United States, World, Violence

Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Believe, Willing, Those We Love

unearned suffering is redemptive.

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

History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
History, Turns, Thrust

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