Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

“Deterrents properly placed can help. But that is not enough. We are one society, and as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, what we…

— Cory Booker

What's that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on…

— Bo Burnham

Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge…

— Jon Stewart

We chose to frame "March" around the inauguration of Barack Obama because it was such an important moment in the story of the Civil…

— Andrew Aydin

You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has…

— Ray McGovern

In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El…

— Millicent Fenwick

Changing the world doesn't require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity. How much were Gandhi's teachers paid? How much…

— Tim Ferriss

What you might not know is that shortly after she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Rosa Parks had to leave…

— Michel Martin

If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse…

— Alveda King

Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.

— Malcolm X

I've seen what's around the corner. I've seen what's over the horizon and I promise ya, you niggas have nothin to celebrate. And no…

— Boondocks

The greatest moral leader of my lifetime was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose private life does not bear close examination.

— Molly Ivins

The most influential people in my life are deceased. These include my parents, George Dunne, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., my minister in…

— Jesse White

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

— Morgan Freeman

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all:…

— Ruby Bridges