Martin Luther King Quotes

1. I have
a
dream.
Let’ go through
history
and various Martin
Luther King quotes.
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2. I have a dream
(August 28, 1963, MLK)
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of
its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves
and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of
brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering
with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of
freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are
presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be
transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to
join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and
brothers.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain
shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will
be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see
it together.

4. Be a bush
if you can’t be a tree.
If you can’t be a highway,
just be a trail.
If you can’t be a sun,
be a star.
For it isn’t by size that you win or fail.
Be the best of whatever you are.
I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.

5. If I cannot do great
things,
I can do small
things in a great
way.

7. Those who love peace
must learn to organize
as effectively
as those who love war.
The question is not whether we
will be extremist, but what kind of
extremist we will be.
Will we be extremist for hate or
will we be extremist for love ?
Will we be extremist for the
preservation of injustice or will we
be extremist for the cause of
justice.

8. • Let no man pull you
so low as to hate him.
• Ultimately a genuine
leader is not a
searcher for
consensus but a
molder of consensus.

9. We may have all
come on different
ships,
but we are in the
same boat now.

10. It may be true that
the law cannot make
a man love me,
but it can keep him
from lynching me,
and I think that's
pretty important.

11. We attacked the political power
structure instead of the
economic power
You don't win against a political
power structure where you don't
have the votes.
But you can win against an
economic power structure when
you have the economic power to
make the difference between a
merchant's profit and loss.

13. Change does not roll in on the
wheels of inevitability,
but comes through continuous
struggle.
And so we must straighten our
backs and work for our
freedom. A man can't ride you
unless your back is ben

14. One day we will learn
that the heart can
never be totally right
when the head is
totally wrong.
Darkness cannot drive
out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out
hate;
only love can do that.
.

15. We must accept finite
disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
The ultimate measure of
a man is not where he
stands in moments of
convenience and
comfort, but where he
stands at times of
challenge and
controversy.