Martin Luther King Jr.

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Since crime often grows out of a sense of futility and despair, Negro parents must be urged to give their children the love, attention, and sense of belonging that a segregated society deprives them of.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have

Martin Luther King Jr.

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

Martin Luther King Jr.