An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for…

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

Topics: Conscience Quotes, Injustice Quotes, Law Quotes

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey...

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey...

The time is always right to do what is right.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...

Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the...

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish,...

We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish,...

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away,...

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away,...

Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant

Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom...

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom...

Faith is taking the first step even when you dont see the whole staircase.

Faith is taking the first step even when you dont see the whole staircase.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort...

Whatever your lifes work is, do it well. A man should do his job so...

Whatever your lifes work is, do it well. A man should do his job so...

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

Take the first step in faith. You dont have to see the whole staircase, just...

Take the first step in faith. You dont have to see the whole staircase, just...

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires...

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires...

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with...

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with...

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his...

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...