Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Sad

“For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."”

Years Inspirational Direct Action

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Spiritual

“The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope.”

Christian Pain Disappointment

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Angry

“In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.”

Law Anarchy Defying

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Love

“Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.”

Justice Revolt

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Angry

“Riots are the voices of the unheard.”

Voice Revolution

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Philosophical

“Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?”

Vanity Morality Asks

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Love

“And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go. For I have seen too much hate... every time I see it, I know that it does something to their faces and their personalities, and I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.”

Hate Love Is Personality

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Courageous

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was 'well timed,' according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word 'Wait!' It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This 'wait' has almost always meant 'never.' We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that 'justice too long delayed is justice denied.'”

Years Direct Action Painful Experiences

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Grateful

“Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.”

People Family Poverty

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Hopeful

“Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.”

Goal Kings Beloved Community

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Angry

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.”

Hate Stars Kings

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Courageous

“The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.”

Pain Change Fear

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