“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” --Martin Luther King, Jr.

The time is always right to do the right thing. --Martin Luther King jr.

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." -Martin Luther King

"Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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. --Martin Luther King

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." -- Martin Luther King, Jr

"Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~

"The old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' - Martin Luther King

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it... Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."--Martin Luther King, Jr.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good."-- Speech, Yazoo City, Mississippi, June 26, 1966

"Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness."The Strength of Love

"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."-- Stride Toward Freedom

"Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral."-- Strength of Love

"We are called to be people of conviction, not conformity; of moral nobility, not social respectability. We are commanded to live differently and according to a higher loyalty."-- Strength of Love

"If you lose hope, shomehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.-- The Trumpet of Conscience

“There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.” - Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King Jr.