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Martin Luther King Jr.: top 200 quotes
200 definitions
Racism (n.) is total estrangement. It separates not only bodies, but minds and spirits. Inevitably it descends to inflicting spiritual and physical homicide upon the out-group.
Racism (n.) is a philosophy based on a contempt for life. It is the arrogant assertion that one race is the center of value, is responsible for all the progress of history and alone can assure the progress of the future.
Community (n.) is, as the very heart of civilization, the mutually cooperative and voluntary venture of man to assume a semblance of responsibility for his brother.
Progress (n.) is a path that has given us guided missiles and misguided men.
Progress (n.) is always precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
Progress (n.) is, for white people, marked by a tragic misconception... namely, the cherishing of this strange, irrational notion that something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.
Justice (n.) is that to which, though it be long, the arc of history bends.
Justice (n.) is that without which there can be no peace.
Justice (n.) is impossible if there remains any injustice — Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Justice (n.) is impossible with the aid of law — Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
The Word (n.) is inadequate to capture certain moments of unutterable fulfillment. The meanings of such moments can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Modernity (n.) is an era in which we have guided missiles and misguided men.
Revenge (n.) is ineffective. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Revenge (n.) is a terrible thing. Returning hate for hate only multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Revenge (n.) is mutually destructive. That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind.
Voting (n.) is the foundation stone for political action.
Voting (n.) is such that the most decisive steps toward gaining political power that the negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth.
Equality (n.) is of paramount importance. One can call it democracy, or democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.
Alienation (n.) is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.