Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.
Martin Luther King, Jr.It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that that have nothing to lose. People who have stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.