Martin Luther King Jr.: January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”
