Martin Luther King Jr.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

Martin Luther King Jr.

By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.

Martin Luther King Jr.

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Certainly I’m not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I’m talking about a very strong force, where you stand up with all your might against an evil system, and you are not a coward.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Communism will never be defeated by atomic bombs. Our greatest defense against Communism is to take offensive action on behalf of justice and righteousness. We must seek to remove conditions of poverty, injustice, and racial discrimination.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Courageous men never lose the zest for living even though their life situation is zestless; cowardly men, overwhelmed by the uncertainties of life, lose the will to live. We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Martin Luther King Jr.