Inspirational Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Change takes a long time, but it does happen. ... Each of us who works for social change is part of the mosaic of all who work for justice; together we can accomplish multitudes.”
“He was impatient to be free.”
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“They say to us that we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderer.”
“Any Christian who blindly accepts the opinions of the majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a mental and spiritual slave.”
“The southern aristocracy took the world and gave the poor white man Jim Crow, so that when he had no money for food, he ate Jim Crow, a psychological bird that told him that no matter how bad off he was, at least he was a white man, better than a black man.”
“It was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience. it was an army that would move but not maul. It was an army that would sing but not slay. It was an army that would flank but not falter. It was an army to storm bastions of hatred, to lay siege to the fortresses of segregation, to surround symbols of discrimination. It was an army whose allegiance was to God and whose strategy and intelligence were the eloquently simple dictates of conscience. Why We Can't Wait 1963”
“They have acted in the faith that right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.”
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars”
“I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
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“Se não puder voar, corra. Se não puder correr, ande. Se não puder andar, rasteje; mas continue em frente de qualquer jeito.”
“Bóng tối không thể xua tan bóng tối, chỉ ánh sáng mới làm được điều đó. Hận thù không thể xóa bỏ hận thù, chỉ tình yêu mới làm được điều đó mà thôi.”
“Khi ai đó nói lời khó nghe hay đối xử tệ với bạn, đừng cảm thấy bị xúc phạm. Nó không nói lên điều gì về bạn nhưng lại nói nhiều về họ.”
“if there are 2 bananas in an apple basket, how many babies are born in africa”
“Christianity has always insisted that the cross we bear precedes the crown we wear. To be a Christian one must take up his cross, with all its difficulties and agonizing and tension-packed content, and carry it until that very cross leaves its mark upon us and redeems us to that more excellent way which comes only through suffering.”
“Did you ever stop to think that you can’t leave for your job in the morning without being dependent upon most of the world?… Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe is structured. It is its interrelated quality. We aren’t going to have peace on earth until we recognize this basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality. —Christmas Sermon on Peace, 1967”
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“One of the first principles of nonviolence is a willingness to be the recipient of violence, while never inflicting violence on another.”
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
“Jamás he sido partidario de atentar contra la ley o eludirla como harían los secesionistas fanáticos. Eso nos llevaría a la anarquía. Quien desobedece una ley debe hacerlo abiertamente, amorosamente […] y estando dispuesto a aceptar el castigo. Sostengo que el individuo que infringe una ley por creerla sinceramente injusta y acepta voluntariamente el castigo quedándose en la cárcel para agitar la conciencia de la comunidad en cuanto a su injusticia, está de hecho expresando un enorme respeto por la ley.”
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1929-1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
King's main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, which has enabled more Americans to reach their potential.