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Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It

Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community, Hatred, Brotherhood
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Love Life, Hatred
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.123, Beacon Press

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

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

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

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, People, Hatred
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
White, Hatred, Black History

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