Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
The time is always right to do what is right.
I have a dream that one day, this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
A right delayed is a right denied.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Equality is not a mere slogan; it is a lifelong commitment.
The time for the justice has come, and we must respond with strength and resolve.
What affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
You can kill the dreamer, but you cannot kill the dream.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl.
Sooner or later, we must come to see that there is no other ‘than’ ourselves.
The dream is still alive in the hearts of those who dare to believe.
Injustice is rooted in fear, and it can only be uprooted by love.
Let us be dissatisfied until that day when justice rolls down like waters.
One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
To ignore the injustices of the world is to endorse them.
Every human being is endowed with inalienable rights.
The absence of opportunity is not the absence of potential.
We are not makers of history; we are made by history.
It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
We may have all come on different ships, but were in the same boat now.
The character of a man is measured by what he does when no one is watching.
Life is a constant battle between justice and injustice.
Difficult times require difficult decisions, but they often lead to the greatest rewards.