21 Martin Luther King Jr Quotes About Peace, Peaceful Protest, Nonviolence
1. "At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
2. "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
3. "We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
4. "Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
5. "The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
6. "It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
7. "Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
8. "We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
9. "Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
10. "We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
11. "We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and community." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
12. "We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
13. "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
14. "Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy’s point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
15. "For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
16. "Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
17. "I firmly believe that the gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in the united states." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
18. "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
19. "Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
20. "We adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself. We will try to persuade with our words, but if our words fail, we will try to persuade with our acts." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
21. "There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, ‘be nonviolent toward jim clark,’ but will curse and damn you when you say, ‘be nonviolent toward little brown vietnamese children.’ there is something wrong with that press." (Martin Luther King Jr.) Click to tweet
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