Remembering The MLK Famous Quotes

January 20, 2026 1

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” [from the recollection of Marian Wright Edelman]
“With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”
“A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.”
“The time is always ripe to do right.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”