Quotes by Martin Luther King
We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal."
King, Martin Luther
Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.
King, Martin Luther
The first question which the priest and the Levite askedwas: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
King, Martin Luther
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.
King, Martin Luther
Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.
King, Martin Luther