Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes — Page 32

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Hopeful

“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”

Dream Girl Boys

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Creative

“Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.”

Struggle Peace Creativity

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Spiritual

“I am convinced that...in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.”

Men Struggle

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Love

“Love is the most durable power in the world.”

World Love Is

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Philosophical

“One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.”

Men Heart One Day

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Creative

“A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding.”

Winning Understanding Beloved Community

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Courageous

“Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes our resistance and nonviolence truly meaningful. That element is reconciliation. Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.”

Struggle Meaningful Beloved Community

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Hopeful

“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”

Summer Equality Autumn

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Love

“Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?”

Inspirational Hate Justice

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Confident

“It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.”

Self Criticism Maturity

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Determined

“Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.”

Humanity Building Dignity

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Courageous

“You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism.”

Mean Taken Talking

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