"A man who won't die for something..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
More by Martin Luther King Jr
“Good and just society is neither the thesis of capitalism nor the antithesis of communism, but a socially conscious democracy which reconciles the truths of individualism and collectivism.”
“Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power. There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly.”
“The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.”
More on Purpose
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”
“Endeavor to live the life you have imagined.”
“I have never belonged wholeheartedly to a country, a state, nor to a circle of friends, nor even to my own family. When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives. Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.”
More on Sacrifice
“At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for those who suffered in the name of all humanity when they sacrificed everything - for liberty, peace, human dignity and human fulfillment.The value of our shared reward will and must be measured by the joyful peace which will triumph, because of the common humanity that bonds both black and white into one human race, will have said to each one of us that we shall all live like the children of paradise.”
“A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights. The purer the sacrifice the quicker the progress.”
“Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die.”