Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes - Page 36

• If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels that he can do nothing but move from one ghetto to another and one slum to another, the despair and the disappointment will be so great that it will be very difficult to keep the struggle disciplined and nonviolent.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Disappointment, Moving, Struggle

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Men, Soul

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• We cannot walk alone.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Walks

  I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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• We as Christians have a mandate to be nonconformists.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Christianity, Mandates

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.30, Beacon Press

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• As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.

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  Stars, Mind, Study

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• Violence is not the way.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Way, Violence

  Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

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• We ain't goin' study war no more.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Study

  "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution". Address at the Episcopal National Cathedral, Washington D.C., March 31, 1968.

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• Violence often brings about momentary results.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Violence, Results

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

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  Inspirational, Running, Problem

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• My place is in the sunlight of opportunity.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Opportunity, Sunlight

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• To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jobs, Men, Deny

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• America, you must be born again!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  America, Born Again, Born

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.103, Beacon Press

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• If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.

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  Humanity, Progress, Ifs

  Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

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• Rioting is not revolutionary.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Revolutionary, Rioting

  Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

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• The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together, they could exert massive pressure on the government to get jobs for all. Together, they could form a grand alliance. Together, they could merge all people for the good of all.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jobs, Men, White Man

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Reality, Thinking, Political

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• A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Men, African American

  I've Been to the Mountaintop, delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee

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• In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .

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  Faith, Real, Surrender

  "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., p. 552, 2007.

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• We must follow nonviolence and love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  And Love, Nonviolence

  "Give Us the Ballot". Speech delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (Call to Conscience) Washington, D.C., 1957.

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• If a city has a 30% Negro population, then it is logical to assume that Negroes should have at least 30% of the jobs in any particular company, and jobs in all categories rather than only in menial areas.

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  Jobs, Should Have, Cities

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• If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and that's the strong person.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Strong, Goes On, Littles

  "Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

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• The truth may hurt, but love helps ease the pain.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Hurt, Pain, Ease

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• Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.

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  Despair, Acid, Form

  Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

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• Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Church, Headlights

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• I've decided to stick with love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Sticks, Decided

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