Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.