Martin Luther King, Jr.

If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#dedicated #disciplined #hope #justice #lies

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#discovered #fit #hasn #live #man

A riot is the language of the unheard. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#riot #unheard

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#art #done #favor #greater #just

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#control #gives #interprets #investigates #knowledge

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#concern #demands #giving #impersonal #little

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#discovered #fit #hasn #i #live