It was so crucial to the Civil Rights Movement that on June 23, 1963, Martin Luther King came to town, walked down… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
The goal of Martin Luther King is to get the Negroes to forgive the people the people who have brutalized them for… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Confronting the intolerable should be challenging and upsetting. Who could read the testimonies of Primo Levi and not feel intellectually and emotionally… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
John Lennon imagined a world filled with peace and love. Martin Luther King dreamt of a world free from racial discrimination and… — Jon Lajoie Copy Share Image
Whether you're president or speaker, if you're wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. That's what Martin Luther King… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
We still are America though. We're still a country that is a country of social mobility. We're still a country of immigrants.… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
They want a race war. We must be peaceful people. They are gonna poke and poke and poke, and our government is… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
One of our priorities when doing "March" is to sort of undo what we feel is the disservice done by what we… — Nate Powell Copy Share Image
Dr. Martin Luther King was never a man to say 'I've got this' as the leader of the movement. He wasn't always… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
“Luther explained his philosophy this way: “I must let the literal words go and try to learn how the German says that… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
There's never been a film with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the center released in theaters. Ever! One does not exist.… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
After the '57 initial meeting - I was up this way working, not as a staff person - there became the need… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
I went on to write my graduate thesis on the ["Montgomery Story"] comic book itself. It was the first long-form history that… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
I think that for many of us, the years of the Civil Rights movements - Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy running for… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm more of an oldies guy. I'll say this - Michael Jackson, best entertainer of all time. Luther Vandross, best male singer… — Russell Wilson Copy Share Image
All talks about legacies of white supremacy must be tied to empowering the lives of poor and working people as a whole.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
You see Martin Luther King is dead and Huey Newton is not. And Malcolm X is dead and Bobby Seale is not.… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
So, I was a fan of 'Luther' from the first reading of the script and watching the first series. I think the… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The discussion which was made by Luther, Melancthon, and the other persons who preceded the Reformation, opened the eyes or the public;… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Dr. [Martin Luther] King led a very historic march here in Washington, D.C. It was a march for jobs and freedom. It… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
Whether youre president or speaker, if youre wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. Thats what Martin Luther King… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I don't think anything happens without the press, one way or the other. I think it's all done for it. You saw… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
That was exciting to be able to comment on civil rights. I mean, the civil rights movement that young people don't know… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
One of the things about Steve Jobs is that he gives us an opportunity to look at the disjuncture between that world… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
When you say that [Martin Luther] King was a prophet, you don't say that he predicted anything; you say that he bore… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
There's no reason to tweet when you are in the midst of a great moment; they are few and far between. So… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King looked at the Obama administration and saw an intimate connection with Wall Street, he'd be very critical. If… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
![“We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look at every Martin Luther King Boulevard out here, and it's a crack block. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just…” quote by KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92d/krs-one-2404_art_we-black-people-don-t-respect-our-elders_1985041.jpg)
![“I went on to write my graduate thesis on the ["Montgomery Story"] comic book itself. It was the first long-form history that was ever written about it. And it's how I found out Martin Luther King actually helped edit "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story."” quote by Andrew Aydin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7c4/andrew-aydin-21143_book_i-went-on-to-write-my-graduate-thesis-on_758327.jpg)
![“Dr. [Martin Luther] King led a very historic march here in Washington, D.C. It was a march for jobs and freedom. It was a march to raise expectations that this country could live up to its ideals. I have watched this debate, this conversation [betwin Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump] about…” quote by Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b2/donna-brazile-2392_bigotry_dr-martin-luther-king-led-a-very-histori_2380365.jpg)
![“When you say that [Martin Luther] King was a prophet, you don't say that he predicted anything; you say that he bore witness. He left a committed life so that people would never forget the suffering of people that he was connected to. King was prophetic because he lived a committed life. Now he…” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/81a/cornel-west-708_bores_when-you-say-that-martin-luther-king-was_1290198.jpg)
