Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1964
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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
'Letter from Birmingham Jail' in Why We Can't Wait 1963.
viewFrom the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, let freedom ring … Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill …
Address at Lincoln Memorial during March on Washington, 28 Aug 63.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
'Letter from Birmingham Jail' in Why We Can't Wait 1963.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
Strength to Love (1963)
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
