With the promise “I have a dream” MartinLuther King, Jr. is remembered as one of the great fighters against racial difference in the United States.
He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, but some of his phrases are still alive and could teach today’s great politicians a lot.
MartinLuther King, Jr. was an American pastor of the Baptist Church who developed crucial work in the United States at the forefront of the civil rights movement for African-Americans and who also participated as an activist in numerous protests against the Vietnam War and poverty in general.
Get to know some of the phrases of Martin Luther King that he wrote and preached, and that demonstrate the depth of his ideas and his constant struggle:
- “In the end, we remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
- “When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of spirit, which stands in stark contrast to his scientific and technological abundance.”
- Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adds a deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
- “Love is the most enduring power in the world. This creative force, so well exemplified in the life of our Christ, is the most potent instrument available in humanity’s quest for peace and security.”
- “The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty, in the midst of an immense ocean of material prosperity.”
- “Fees taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole ladder.”
- “We have learned to fly like birds, to swim like fish; but we have not learned the simple art of living as brothers.”
- “Violence creates more social problems than it solves.”
- “Violence is not the remedy, we have to face hate with love.”
- “The arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
- “The United States is the largest exporter of violence in the world.”
- “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.”
- “Lano-violence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force that is made for social transformation.”
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