Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they’re never caught up with. Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice.

If you strongly believe something is wrong, you must speak up and stand by what you say.

You have to stand up for what's right in life. Unless you do that... you're nothing.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

If it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

I think people are hungry for someone who will stand up on principle.

You defend the truth no matter what.

I don't pick up fights casually. I fight for what is right.

We have to stand for the truth.

Sometimes standing up for things that are right makes things tougher.

Stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

These are the days for strong men to courageously expose wrong.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.