We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know that we will win. But I've come to believe we're integrating into a burning house. I'm afraid that America may be losing what moral vision she may have had …. And I'm afraid that even as we integrate, we are walking into a place that does not understand that this nation needs to be deeply concerned with the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Until we commit ourselves to ensuring that the underclass is given justice and opportunity, we will continue to perpetuate the anger and violence that tears at the soul of this nation.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We must use time creatively - and forever realize that the time is always hoped to do great things.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will. And we shall continue to love you.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fifers did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.

— Martin Luther King Jr.