When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther had written “Know, Christian, that next to the devil thou hast no enemy more cruel, more venomous and violent than… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed… — Gary Sheffield Copy Share Image
Using references of current technology, Martin Luther King Jr. could mentally cut and paste better than any individual I have ever known. — Clarence Benjamin Jones Copy Share Image
The people who have impacted the world didn't live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
What Martin Luther King is doing is disarming the black people of America of their God-given right and of their natural right. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There's a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or… — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But… — Bono Copy Share Image
King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an hallucinated enthusiast… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
Some people criticize the faithful for getting involved in politics, but it's important to remember that down through the centuries, people motivated… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
I think the number one public-relations blunder Osama has made is that he lives in a cave-fortress and if there's one thing… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I ran because I became convinced after King was shot and killed, and Martin Luther King was one of the great heroes… — Maynard Jackson Copy Share Image
I have many sources of inspiration. I'd have to point to Dr. Martin Luther King, first and foremost. But my parents were… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I'm excited about my own network, BounceTV. It's the first African-American-owned broadcast network. It's myself, my partner Rob Hardy, and some other… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through… — Mark Pryor Copy Share Image
The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
I must personally say that I do question the sincerity and nonviolent intentions of some civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet… — Ralph Abernathy Copy Share Image
You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I've got no problem with religion if you're going to use it for the good, like Gandhi or Martin Luther King. But… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Society has always been the free man's greatest enemy. And the free man has been society's greatest friend. How did society treat… — Laurence Boldt Copy Share Image
“Luther's teaching was recognised by thousands to be no startling novelty, but something which they had always at heart believed,” — Thomas M. Lindsay Copy Share Image
You don't need to be Catholic to be Catholic anymore. If you dissent, you don't get out. Martin Luther looks like a… — James P McFadden Copy Share Image
For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have a dream. With that one sentence, Martin Luther King touched and empowered an entire nation. You know what else he… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
![“You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/607/rush-limbaugh-28_assassins_you-know-who-deserves-a-posthumous-medal_2464931.jpg)
![“I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.” quote by John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/446/john-lewis-1310_dr-martin-luther-kin_i-met-rosa-parks-when-i-was-17-i-met-dr_936190.jpg)
![“I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther King] had come out of a highly competitive, black, middle-class background.” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c2a/ella-baker-10989_backgrounds_i-think-you-can-find-some-rationales-for_1379504.jpg)
