Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

Our fathers worshiped the golden calf. The worst you can say of an American now is, he worships the gold of the calf.

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.

My father loved Brazilian football, a diehard follower, so of course, he hated Germany and always rooted against them, always.

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.

September 11 either made me love this country or it made me realize how much I already did. I think it's the latter. Seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11" made me think deeply about love of country - how it molds us, drives and emboldens us and how it can sometimes make us so angry, we want to shout out to the world: 'No, this is wrong.'

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Away with national pride that only raises national hatred

These are the meats to abstain from- others' wealth, others' wives, slander, envy, covetousness and pride.

Gentlemen, since the settlement of that Constitution, now nearly two centuries ago, England has never experienced a revolution, though there is no country in which there has been so continuous and such considerable change. How is this? Because the wisdom of your forefathers placed the prize of supreme power without the sphere of human passions. Whatever the struggle of parties, whatever the strife of factions, whatever the excitement and exaltation of the public mind, there has always been something in this country round which all classes and parties could rally, representing the majesty of the law, the administration of justice, and involving, at the same time, the security for every man's rights and the fountain of honor.

Jolt a country’s pride and even the reformers will support the nation

… ridiculous pomp, foolish adulation, and selfish avarice

I love this country. I love tradition. And I just want to make sure our country's heading in the right direction.

Inequality, climate change, and conflict are evicting millions from their homes. But these perils are being met with 'anti-answers' such as nationalism, closed borders, lies, and hatred.

I lost many friendships because of my wealth. When my friends met me, they had an agenda in mind. Just because I had money, they expected one thing or the other from me, which they didn't before.

I sing the Italian anthem with all my soul, with my whole body.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.