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Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Money, Evil, Electricity
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.88, Beacon Press

It's just as evil to kill Vietnamese as it is to kill Americans.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wisdom, Fun, Evil

My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evil, Segregation, Ministers

There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
War, Evil, Growth
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.109, Beacon Press

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evil, Defeat, Force
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.100, Beacon Press

Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Covered Up, Evil, Slavery
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

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

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

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