Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist.… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Hip hop culture has done more for race relations in American than anything since Martin Luther King. And I really believe that. — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
I think we have to face right in the center of the hurricane, if you will, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s foibles and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I could turn around as Wyatt Walker said to me about, not you personally, but about the whole Black Muslim movement. That… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther… — Richard Marx Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American… — Adrian Cronauer Copy Share Image
The president of the University said that night, congratulations to you the students, you've won a great victory, now the war will… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I have never had a secret hero in my mind but I have kept a lot of mentors in my mind that… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
We live in a society that says "You Gotta get yours" and I'm not suggesting that you don't handle your business but… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
Truth gathers itself spotless and unhurt after all our surrenders and concealments and partisanship; never hurt by the treachery or ruin of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Why does it [government] always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels? — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, I read it when I was about 17-and-a-half or 18. It changed my life. — John Lewis Copy Share Image
It is our hope that when people read "March" - Book One, Book Two, and Book Three - that they will understand… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
'God himself cannot exist without wise men' - Luther said, and was right. But 'God can exist even less without unwise men'… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
"March" was inspired by "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." I actually first heard about that comic from John Lewis, who… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
Should anyone knock at my heart and say, 'Who lives here?' I should reply, 'Not Martin Luther, but the Lord Jesus Christ.' — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins or any of these compromising Negros who say exactly what the white man wants to hear… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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