17 Martin Luther King Jr Quotes About Racism, Civil Rights, Human Rights
1. "The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
2. "To be a negro in america is to hope against hope." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
3. "Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
4. "The negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the negro to free him from his guilt." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
5. "The sweltering summer of the negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
6. "In the struggle for human rights and justice, negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
7. "The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
8. "It is incontestable and deplorable that negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
9. "Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
10. "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
11. "The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
12. "Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
13. "Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
14. "I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
15. "I always had a deep affection for malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
16. "In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as ‘right-to-work.’ it provides no ‘rights’ and no ‘works.’ its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining… we demand this fraud be stopped." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
17. "We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, both here and abroad." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
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