In the quote by Martin Luther King Jr. readers see, “ Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” (king). THis means the only way to get rid of the darkness and to get rid of all of the hate is if we come together and find a way to love each other for our differences,not hate each other for …show more content…
also believed that great men would stand tall in times of trial and would succeed. In the quote readers Martin Luther King Jr said “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy” (King). This shows us that we can do great with things that we a comfortable with doing but the real measure of being a man is when even if he is not comfortable with the situation but he still strives to do great things even if nothing else works, that is what measures a man.
Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a nonviolent way of getting his point across.
In the quote by Martin Luther King Jr. readers see, “At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love.” (King). In other words this is saying you can't fight violence with violence, or you can't fight fire with fire. The only way to get people to listen to you is the nonviolent ways, and they only way to fight hate is with love.
Martin Luther King Jr. believed that if there were riots and fighting no one would take him seriously. That they would just look at his cause as African Americans rebelling. In the quote readers see “A riot is the language of the unheard.” (King). In others words, if you riot and fight people will not listen to you. All that they will see is people fighting and getting angry for