Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

We are looking forward to a non-racial, just and egalitarian society in which color, creed and race shall form no point of reference.

I am an enemy of racism

Win on your merit, not your skin color.

That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

I dream of a post-racial society that is not categorized by the color of their skin.

This country's policies should be heavily biased in favor of non-discrimination.

I found no better way of dealing with the race problem as to interact with all other people as if discrimination did not exist.

In the long run it is more important to us as a nation to show the world that we believe in equality of opportunity, that we realize that any kind of segregation is discrimination whether it comes about because of race, color, or creed, and that we are determined to show the world that we believe in the things we preach.

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly. We can't force them to think that way.

What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.

Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.

I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

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

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.