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There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Way, Excellent
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.97, Beacon Press

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Laughter, Heart

Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Ideas, United States
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.57, Beacon Press

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Acceptance
1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.

Was not Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Was not Amos an extremist for justice: "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel: "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Jesus, Body
"Why we can't wait".

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Death, Memorable

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Half, Slave
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.99, Beacon Press

We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Yesterday, Long
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.90, Beacon Press

Violence is not the way.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Way, Violence
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

Violence often brings about momentary results.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Violence, Results
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Running, Problem
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Acceptance, Racism

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Giving Up, Light
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.59, Beacon Press

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Selfish, Mean
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Hometown, Particular
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.86, Beacon Press

Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Aids
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.56, Beacon Press

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Atlanta, Injustice Anywhere
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.86, Beacon Press

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say in more emphatic terms that it is even more unfortunate that the white power structure of this city left the Negro community with no other alternative.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Cities, White

We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Mean, Direct Action
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.57, Beacon Press

I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too small in quantity, but they are big in quality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Brother, White
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.99, Beacon Press

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, People, Hatred
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Criticism, Would Be
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.85, Beacon Press

Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Average, Community
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.67, Beacon Press

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Noble, Unjust
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Evil, Ancient
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.102, Beacon Press

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