Martin Luther King Jr.

"Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which the fortunate feel for the unfortunate."

"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

"Nothing pains some people more than having to think."

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality."

"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds."

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear on one's heart."

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

"He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."

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

"The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of communism."

"A man may die, nations may rise and wane, but an idea lives on."

"We are often paralyzed by the fear of speaking truth to power."

"What is man if he is not a participant and shareholder in the sorrows and joys of his society?"

"Sometimes a problem can serve as a powerful teacher if we approach it with the right attitude."

"The question is not whether you will be remembered, but what you will be remembered for."

"Segregation is not only a political and economic issue; it is a moral issue."

"Every person has the responsibility to explore their potential and contribute to the world."

"We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."

"In a real sense, all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality."

"The curse of poverty has no justification in any religious or political framework."

"When evil is unchecked, it grows; when good is unasserted, it atrophies."

"The problem of the poor is not merely a lack of money; it is a lack of power and influence."

"There can be no peace until we recognize that poverty is a form of violence."

"We are bound together by more than our common hopes; we are bound by our common struggles."

"The challenge of our era is to learn to live together as one people."

"Rights given are not rights guaranteed; they must be fought for and defended continually."

"Love is the bridge connecting all divides—racial, economic, and spiritual."

"A person may feel he is adjusting beautifully to his world while he is, in fact, being cynically exploited."

"The method is as important as the message in movements for social change."

"We cannot be content while millions of people are denied basic human dignity."