Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Doing the right thing has power.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

No one is too young to do the right thing.

Even though I'm young, I really try to do the right thing.

Life is about conduct and how we conduct ourselves. But two wrongs never make a right.

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing.

There's no statute of limitations on doing what's right.

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

The foundation for moral leadership is the truth.

I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

Good morals lead to good laws.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

For me, integrity is the consistency of words and actions. Part of the way that you do that is to ask people questions on some of the most difficult issues that you confront. 'Take me through where you felt you had to compromise your values.'

History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.