“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.”

“There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.”

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

“Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.”

“The failure to invest in youth reflects a lack of compassion and a colossal failure of common sense.”

“Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”