Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

My Passion:

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love can change the world.

Martin Luther KingImage courtesy of World Council 

In my lifetime, I was a Baptist minister and a leader of the civil rights movement in the USA.

I sought racial equality and economic justice for all Americans...

Martin Luther King Notable Quotes:

“I have a dream.  I have a dream that the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners

will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.  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.”

“God gave me the message.  Gandhi gave me the method.”

“Non-violence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time - the need for man

to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.”

“Man must evolve for all human conflict, a method which rejects revenge,

aggression and retaliation.  The foundation of such a method is love.”

“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway

into the hell of nuclear destruction.  I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have

the final word in reality.”

“Be loving enough to absorb evil and understanding enough to turn an enemy into a friend.”

From the writings of Ivan Allen Jr., the Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in the early 1960s

“Under Dr. King’s leadership, the philosophy of the non-violent movement is being proved.

His deep and complete dedication and devotion to this method of social revolution

has won him recognition by the Nobel Prize committee.”