Martin Luther King, Jr.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Junior (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was the leader of the civil rights movement in America.

Sourced quotes

• "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."    

Simple: Darkness cannot make darkness go away. Only light can make darkness go away. Hate cannot make hate go away. Only love can do that.

What it means: Hatred cannot be resolved with more hatred. Only love can keep people from hating each other.

• "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."    

Simple: A real leader does not look for a way to have everyone agree but creates a way to have everyone agree.

• "A lie cannot live."

Simple: Something which is not true cannot continue to exist.

• "A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."

Simple: A man cannot climb on your back and let you carry him unless your back is bent.

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."    

Simple: If a man will not die for a cause then he should not live.

• "Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."    

Simple: Do not forget that everything Hitler did during World War II was not against the law.

What it means: Just because something is the law does not mean that it is right.

• "Don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them."

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• Martin Luther King, Jr. on Wikipedia
• Martin Luther King, Jr. on Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the English Wikisource