Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

For sure, I think that's the mission in all life, whether it's basketball, being a doctor, building a company. I think we take social justice and the lessons we're learning now, that everybody is learning.

No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players.

I wanted to help the world be more just.

I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.

... woman's cause is the cause of the weak; and when all the weak shall have received their due consideration, then woman will have her "rights," and the Indian will have his rights, and the Negro will have his rights, and all the strong will have learned at last to deal justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly; and our fair land will have been taught the secret of universal courtesy which is after all nothing but the art, the science, and the religion of regarding one's neighbor as one's self, and to do for him as we would, were conditions swapped, that he do for us.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

But love must be aggressively translated into simple justice.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true - in certain rare, isolated cases.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.

I think everybody's the same. I think we're all entitled to our space, and I like to treat everybody like that.