By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.
Martin Luther King, Jr.And violence is impractical, because the old eye for an eye philosophy ends up leaving everybody blind .. It is immoral because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for everybody. Means and ends are inseparable. The means represent the ideal in the making; in the long run of history destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.