Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

"Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?"

"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 function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically."

"Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

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

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

"We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path."