Top 99 Martin Luther King Jr Quotes About Racism

Are you looking for some inspiring Martin Luther King Jr quotes about racism? Look no further than this list of the top 99 quotes from the civil rights leader himself.

“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.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“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.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“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.”
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But…the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“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.”
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
“The means by which we achieve justice is as important as the end itself.”
“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
“The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.”
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“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.”
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.”
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.”
“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“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.”
“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“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.”
“A riot is the language of the unheard.”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“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.”
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.”
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“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.”
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
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