Martin Luther King’s classic quote 1. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. The silence of friends. 2. I submit that 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 the law. I propose that a person who violates his conscience tells him that the law is unjust, and is willing to accept the punishment of prison in order to arouse the conscience of society to realize that it is unjust, actually shows the highest respect for the law. 3. 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. In a time of challenge and controversy. 4.a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything