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- The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring.
- I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality...
- Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom, 4th Of July, Direct Action.
- Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspirational, Witty, Kings.
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- Letter From a Birmingham Jail, 1963. “First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.”
- The American Dream: July 4, 1965. “But ever since the Founding Fathers of our nation dreamed this dream, America has been something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against herself.”
- Where Do We Go From Here, 1967. “Why is equality so assiduously avoided? Why does white America delude itself, and how does it rationalize the evil it retains?
- “The Three Evils of Society, ”1967. “The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power.”
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Jan 17, 2022 · More than a half a century has passed since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial calling for freedom and equality – and the fight for social justice appears...
- “Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
- “If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, ‘brethren!’
- “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
- “Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values.
Jan 18, 2021 · “All we say to America is to be true to what you said on paper…Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights.
“There are so many problems facing our nation and our world, that one could just take off anywhere,” he said at the top of the speech. “But I’d like to use a subject from which to speak this...
Jan 26, 2018 · “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The capacity audience rose in unison for a sustained ovation.
