Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader
Modern
influential
63 sayings
Sayings by Martin Luther King Jr.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice.
1963
— Letter from Birmingham Jail
Controversial
Unverifiable
The Negro must rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood.
1967
— Speech on self-respect
Controversial
Unverifiable
We must develop a program that will drive the nation to a guaranteed annual income.
1967
— Advocating economic reforms
Controversial
Unverifiable