Martin Luther King Jr.
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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.