Martin Luther King Violence Quotes

“the ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of pope leo x in 1520 and the holy roman emperor charles v at the diet of worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor. Hate cannot drive out hate;

“our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” “in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.” “we adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself. The wisdom of martin luther king jr plume the question is no longer between violence and non violence it is between non violence and non existence. Begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

“nothing good ever comes of violence.” ~ martin luther “violence ends up defeating itself.

131 most powerful martin luther king jr. Do something good today quotes; Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue.