Quotes of MLK and MX

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“Any time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“We’re not Americans, we’re Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock – that rock landed on us.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“I don’t advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his…”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

“Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

"We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary."

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X