We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but the positive affirmation of peace."Īnti-War Conference, Los Angeles, California, February 25, 1967. "It is not enough to say 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." Letter from Birmingham, Alabama jail, April 16, 1963. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation and this means we must develop a world perspective."Ĭhristmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967. "If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world."Īnti-War Conference, Los Angeles, California, February 26, 1967. "I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. March for Integrated Schools, April 18, 1959. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in." Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964.
This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Washington National Cathedral, March 31, 1968. "We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
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Paraphrased from his Februsermon in Atlanta, the full quote is "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice, say that I was a drum major for peace, I was a drum major for righteousness, and all the other shallow things will not matter." South Wall This quote was removed from the memorial in 2013. "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." The quotation serves as the theme of the overall design of the memorial, which realizes the metaphorical mountain and stone. "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."įrom the "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963. The following quotations are engraved on the Martin Luther King, Jr.
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