15 Inspirational Martin Luther King Quotes
Posted: Monday, January 03, 2011
by Joe Waters
To help celebrate Martin Luther King Day, I have compiled a list of inspirational Martin Luther King Quotes. As we all know, Martin Luther King, Jr. is a legendary figure in the history of the United States. He stood for democracy, freedom and equality among all people…regardless of race. He was an inspirational leader that will forever be remembered in our country.
Inspirational Martin Luther King Quotes
Martin Luther King Quotes #1
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #2
The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #3
A lie cannot live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #4
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
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Martin Luther King Quotes #5
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #6
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #7
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #8
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #9
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #10
We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #11
Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #12
We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #13
Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #14
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Quotes #15
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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