Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.