Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.
Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.
The time is always right to do right
Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.
One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.
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