Martin Luther King Day: 10 memorable MLK quotes

Monday is Martin Luther King Day in the United States. The civil rights leader was also one of the most famed orators in American history. Here are a collection of 10 MLK quotes.

4. 'Hatred paralyzes life'

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” –Strength to Love

King believed that fear was the first step towards hate, and that that the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia was fundamentally about fear. King worried this fear might eventually push the citizens of both states to hate each other.

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