Martin Luther King Jr.

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Martin Luther King Jr.

There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it.

Martin Luther King Jr.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.

Martin Luther King Jr.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

Martin Luther King Jr.