1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his nonviolent struggle against racial segregation and racial inequality. He played a pivotal role in the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, leading to the end of legal segregation and the advancement of civil rights legislation that has shaped American society.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.