Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968The quotations of
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader
1929–1968
84 quotes, most often on Race, War & Peace and Love.
We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965)- Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
- Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 1: A tough mind and a tender heart
- Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 1: A tough mind and a tender heart
- Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (1967)
Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is a permanent attitude.
- I Have a Dream (1963)
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.
Speech to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights – Chicago (25 March 1966), as quoted in Dan Munro, “America’s Forgotten Civil Right—Healthcare”, Forbes (28 August 2013)- Strength to Love (1963)
- Speech to the Negro American Labor Council (May 1965), as quoted in From Civil Rights to Human Rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice (2009), by Thomas F. Jackson, p. 230
- “The Future of Integration”, address in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College (22 October 1964), as quoted in “When MLK came to Oberlin” by Cindy Leise, The Chronicle-Telegram (21 January 2008)
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 2 : Transformed nonconformist- The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousnes (1960)
