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The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

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

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Evil, Ancient
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.102, Beacon Press

We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Determination, Army, Special
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.45, Beacon Press

We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
War, Mean, Peaceful
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.67, Beacon Press

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Opposites, Two
"Stride Toward Freedom". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., November 30, 1957.

You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time, my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. 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.
Inspiring, Tired, July
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech at MIA Mass Meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. December 5, 1955.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

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

This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wall, Home, Heart
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.128, Beacon Press

Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hate, Violence, Destruction
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorable, Hands, Needs

In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love You, Self, Order
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.22, Beacon Press

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Change, Time

I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation, and that something could well happen to me at any time. I feel, though, that my cause is so right, so moral, that if I should lose my life, in some way it would aid the cause.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
America, Sick, Today
Source: www.thedailybeast.com

In the current struggle, there is one positive course of action. There is no alternative, for the alternative would connote a rear march.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Struggle, Civil Rights, Alternatives
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.99, Beacon Press

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights, Revolution, Retreat
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.99, Beacon Press

In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Men, Weakness
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.9, Beacon Press

If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Integrity, Should, Streets

For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the homes of their masters in the midst of brutal injustice and shameful humiliation - and yet out of a bottomless vitality our people continue to thrive and develop.

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

Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Gears, Welcome

The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Brother, Men
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Order, Community
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Children, Winning
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Winning, Arrogance
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Goal, Movement
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Struggle, Men
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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