Martin Luther King, Jr. Luxury Quotations

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.