1. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “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.'”

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2. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse. The true with the false and the false with the true.”

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3. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now.”

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4. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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5. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.”

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6. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.”

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7. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire.”

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8. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”

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9. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

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10. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

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11. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The time is always right to do what is right.”

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12. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.”

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13. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps perpetrate it.”

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14. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.”

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15. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “The old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind.”

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16. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

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17. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

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18. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”

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19. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

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20. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”

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21. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “We must use time creatively — and forever realize that the time is always to hope to do great things.”

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22. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

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23. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

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24. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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25. Martin Luther King, Jr. - “All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

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