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“The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of [people] willing to be co-workers with God.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“The time is always right to do what’s right.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“we must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“As I went through this period one night I picked up an article entitled "The Children of Vietnam," and I read it. And after reading that article, I said to myself, "Never again will I be silent on an issue that is destroying the soul of our nation and destroying thousands and thousands of little children in Vietnam." I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

― Martin Luther King Jr

“The time is always right to do the right thing” 

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? ... It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the qu icksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“You can't stop a bird from landing on your head. But you can keep it from building a nest.”

― Martin Luther King Jr

“If you can't run then walk If you can't walk then crawl but whatever you do don't give up”

― Martin Luther King Jr


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