Martin Luther King, Jr. Faces Quotations

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent Americans will eventually have to face themselves with the question that Eichman chose to ignore: How responsible am I for the well-being of my fellows?

Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.

The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.

Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'

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.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.