In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are ten quotes from his moving speeches and inspirational writings that still resonate today.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
"There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November."
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
