Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Strength to Love, 1963






I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King Jr., Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Dec. 10, 1964


There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.
Martin Luther King Jr., "Where do we go from here?", August 1967















April 4, 1968
The King Center