The best Quotes by Martin Luther King

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. 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.

Love Hatred Wisdom

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Tolerance USA Independence Day

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.

Hatred

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do - you have to keep moving forward.

Progress Self-Confidence Motivation Positive Quotes

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Revolution Opinions

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Rede in St. Louis

War Peace Brothers Volkstrauertag

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

during Montgomery Bus Boycotts

Peace Justice

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Justice

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.
I have a dream today.

Vision Tolerance Human Rights 1963 Famous Quotes

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Love Hatred

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Love Friendship Enemies & Opponents

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

Freedom USA

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Humanity Weapons Science Morality Spirituality

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

November

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Freedom Revolution

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Wise Sayings Helping

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Education

A riot is the language of the unheard.

Revolution

Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated.

Peace Hatred

Quotes about Martin Luther King

Lazarus: "Took a whole lot of tryin, just to get up that hill, but now we up in the big leagues."
Alpa Chino: "That's the theme songs from The Jeffersons."
Lazarus: "Just 'cause it's a theme song doesn't mean it's not true."

Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder

If Martin Luther King were alive today, he would probably watch the news and go, "let me be more specific about this dream I had."

Jimmy Kimmel in Jimmy Kimmel Live! - January 2021

My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.

Alveda King

The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions, I should say - of people taking risks, becoming leaders in their community.

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

Andrew Young

Morality

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Andrew Young

Bed

Hate burns fast and bright, and it might make you feel empowered for a while, but eventually it consumes whatever vessel it fuels.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - März 2023

Hatred

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

Herschel Walker

Georgia Atlanta

What did Tennessee?
Same thing Arkansas.

Tennessee Arkansas

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

Helsinki in Money Heist - Season 4 Episode 5

Love

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Power Revolution

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

Peace

Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Inheritance Games

Friendship Blood

I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers - because you did too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world, you'll always be with me. And you'll always be my brother.

Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious

Brothers

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Eminem

Tolerance Kindness

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

Nelson Mandela

USA

Justice comes from vengeance but justice only breeds more vengeance.

Pain / Nagato in Naruto

Revenge Justice

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Freedom

Yeah. But seriously, a nutless monkey could do your job.

Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder

Our secretary of health and human sacrifice, RFK Jr.

Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) - May 2025

RFK Jr.

For every $1 we could raise, they'll remove one pound of plastic from the ocean. We're trying to raise $30 million by the end of the year.

Mark Rober in Jimmy Kimmel Live! - November 2021

I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins.

Alveda King

For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Faith Hope Sun

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