Martin Luther King, Jr. Jail Quotations

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" and "Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?"

There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.