Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?
Martin Luther King, Jr.I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence
Martin Luther King, Jr.I decide on the basis of conscience. A genuine leader doesn't reflect consensus, he molds consensus.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.