“...we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty; but we must move on.”

“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”

“Hate destroys the hater...”

“Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Anyone who lives inside the US can never be considered an outsider anywhere in the country”

“Even if they try to kill you, you develop the inner conviction that there are some things so precious, some things so eternally true that they are worth dying for. And if a person has not found something to die for, that person isn't fit to live!”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of the marching feet of a determined people.”

“Violence is not only impractical but immoral.”

“We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.”

“And when you come to the point that you look in the face of every man and see deep down within him what religion calls "the image of God," you begin to love him in spite of. No matter what he does, you see God’s image there. There is an element of goodness that he can never sluff off. Discover the element of good in your enemy. And as you seek to hate him, find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude. Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it. There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life. That’s the time you must do it. That is the meaning of love. In the final analysis, love is not this sentimental something that we talk about. It’s not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system.”

“Our goal is to create a beloved community and  this will require a qualitative change in our souls  as well as a quantitative change in our lives.”

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”

“The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.”

“I have a dream. I have a dream that one day, people will be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin.”

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.”