An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Martin Luther King, Jr.A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy
Martin Luther King, Jr.I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the struggle for racial justice, but also my dealings with people, and with my own self.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever-recurring song of retaliation.
Martin Luther King, Jr.