Dr. Martin Luther King: The Power Of Words

Throughout history the words of individuals have affected many generations. People have done incredible, and atrocious things just with the influence of people’s . Actions, to me, are not as powerful as words. Words are like the puppet strings that make us do excellent or horrible things. It’s all about influence. Humans these days only care about what other people think about us. Words possess us to act. Therefore without words, we would have no inspiration to act. If I don’t say something horrible to someone they have no basis to act against me. I can say the same about our government. If a nation, says they obtained nuclear warheads all the nations will act to prevent a war. Nevertheless words can also be used to do great things. A story that proves that words

have greater power than action was the story of a man who never acted in violence to craft his point .

It was the influence in what he said that changed our nation.

Martin Luther King Jr was a man who believed that the peaceful protest was the righteous way of being heard. This man spoke with his heart ,and he spoke only the truth. Therefore so many people took his words and acted in peaceful protest. Another reason why this story shows that words are stronger than actions is that people tried to act badly towards him , but he kept on enduring because even though they wanted to hurt him he had the voice of thousands of people.
Martin Luther king Jr was a preacher/minister, and that played a major part in why Martin Luther King Jr was a great speaker. Martin Luther King Jr would study about Gandhi and how he would protest with words and not with actions. He took this into consideration and decided to do the same with a similar predicament. He

wanted to fight segregation. This was the start of the civil rights movement. In 1956 Martin was arrested for the first time ,but he was not intimidated and he continued speaking and getting people together in a peaceful way. On the same year that he was arrested, his movement managed to make bus segregation illegal. This was only the start, the more he spoke the more people knew about him, and he started to become a leader in the African American community. As his fame grew exponentially ,people started to act even more violent against his movement. It made it to the point where his peaceful protest was being attacked by the police, and even from other African Americans who did not want white and black people to live peacefully. Peaceful protesters were arrested, beaten with clubs,sprayed with hoses, gassed, and some even killed. Nevertheless Martin Luther King Jr and his supporters still believed that their voice could change this nation, even when people acted wrongly against them. And just like that, the idea of a fair country to spread like a wildfire. Soon this country would stand for fairness and equality. Martin Luther King Jr spoke not just for equality, but for unity between races. The words this man said still live on in modern days. Even though we still see racial inequality in these days, because of his strong words, we are still inspired to make all the nations a fair place for everyone.

In short, Martin Luther King Jr was a great example that just with words and not acts of violence we can change the world. Martin showed us that our words can bring people together, and can inspire many generations. And that wrong action cannot stop people who are inspired to do great things. We remember quotes cause they inspire and teach us. That's where I rest my case. Words will always be stronger than actions.