It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes, but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.

— Martin Luther King

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

— Martin Luther King

I want to be the white man's brother not his brother-in-law.

— Martin Luther King

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

— Martin Luther King

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

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

— Martin Luther King

Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history which cuts without wounding and enables the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

— Martin Luther King

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

— Martin Luther King

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

— Martin Luther King

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

— Martin Luther King