He was an American activist, clergyman, and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.
His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon.
In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial discrimination, racial segregation and decided
to turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to
lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.
(1929 - 1968)
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The function of education is to teach one to think
intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
He personifies struggle. He is still leading the fight against apartheid with extraordinary vigour and
resilience after spending nearly 27 years of his life behind bars in South Africa before he became the country's first black president.
He has sacrificed his private life and his youth for his people, and remains South Africa's best known and loved hero.
During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela's reputation grew steadily. He was widely accepted as the most significant
black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength.
He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom.
( 1918 -)
Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
~ Mark Twain
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
~ Voltaire
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.
~ Henry Ford
