Recent Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless.

If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us the opposition we now surely fail. ... Because the goal of America is freedom abused and scorned tho we may be our destiny is tied up with Americas destiny.

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

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

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

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

The quality not the longevity of ones life is what is important.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.