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The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

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.
Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sympathy, True Friend, Giving
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

We aren't engaged in any negative protest and in any negative arguments with anybody. We are saying that we are determined to be men. We are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God's children. And that we don't have to live like we are forced to live.

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

Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evil, Justice, Civil Rights
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wisdom, Violence, Existence

[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mean, Morality, Ends

But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Men, World

Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kings, Perspective, Helping
"Conquering Self-centeredness". Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, swap.stanford.edu. 1957.

In Christ there is no East nor West.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
East, West, Christ
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.149, Beacon Press

I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Waiting Rooms, Self, Ideas
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Issues, Life Is, Instinct
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.217, Beacon Press

The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A boycott is never an end within itself. It is merely a means to awaken a sense of shame within the oppressor but the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mean, Beloved Community, Aftermath
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.38, Beacon Press

The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly, strengthened the weak, ate with publicans, and made the captives free. In the light of this divine example, the doctrines of demagogues shiver in their chaff.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Dream, Teaching

We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Jesus, Teaching
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.110, Univ of California Press

Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunrise, Dawn, Messages
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.66, Beacon Press

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 goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
War, Believe, Land
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.117, Beacon Press

We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Self, Process
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press

Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" and "Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?"

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Blow, Jail

We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping period of the year. Knowing that a strong economic withdrawal program would be the by-product of direct action.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Easter, Strong
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Direct Action, Issues
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press

My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Rights, Gains
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.59, Beacon Press

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

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

If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe I would openly advocate disobeying these anti-religious laws.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Christian, Country
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.94, Beacon Press

The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.

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

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.

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

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