Martin Luther King Jr.

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

"The purpose of religion is not to have a comfortable religion."

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"

"True peace comes from recognizing our common humanity."

"Every man of humility and wisdom has experienced humility."

"I call upon you to be the historical representa of change."

"The greatest tragedy is not the strident clashing of bad ideals, but the silent acceptance of bad ideals."

"A right delayed is a right denied."

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance."

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

"We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality."

"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 moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice."

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above his tribal outlook."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor."

"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a permanent attitude."

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust is acting morally."

"Pity may relieve some immediate symptoms but it cannot provide a lasting cure."

"To be quiet is to be complicit."

"The church has a prophetic mission."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness."

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive."

"The time to do something is when others say it cannot be done."

"Privilege must be joined by responsibility."

"Unearned suffering is redemptive in character."

"Democracy itself is under siege by our own hands."

"No nation can rise higher than its women."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story."

"When evil men plot, good men must plan."

"The question before us is not whether we love peace, but whether we are willing to pay for peace."