Now, Martin Luther King Jr. was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values. — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
“Whatever you are waiting for won’t come to you; you have to go for it.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Five people with passion can do better than fifty people with mere desire or interest.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I don't know why I have these dreams. I've never wanted to be Pope. In fact, I have a greater affinity to… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
“The active minority in the world is the fraction that makes the world a better place for the passive majority.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about. — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Keep your promises and never be late in acting. Act right and do the right things at the right time.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“It is appropriate that we celebrate Martin Luther King, a man who struggled so valiantly to restore humanity to the oppressed and… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Don’t always complain the way isn’t there. If you can’t find the way, create it.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family,… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Once you have somebody that is telling you, 'We are interpreting God for you,' it seems like you either agree or you… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America, when what black America… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
“Ballot papers don’t determine who leads; they determine who takes which position. As to whether that person occupying the position will lead… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“You can lead if you can serve. You can serve when you can love. You can love when you are graced. The… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr. He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The American Dream is individualistic. Martin Luther King's dream was collective. The American Dream says, "I can engage in upward mobility and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
We are redeemed one man at a time. There is no family pass ticket or park hopping pass to life. One ticket… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Just as Uncle Tom, back during slavery used to keep the Negroes from resisting the bloodhound or resisting the Ku Klux Klan… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“The famous speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, included the sentence:… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
“For one great example, according to the story, the Christmas wreath custom did not come from paganism, but from a remarkable defeat… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
In your short stay in Atlanta, I'm sure you saw that there was great competition between Martin's [Luther King] father and John… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
“Rev. [Martin Luther] King continued, chanting, singing his prophetic litany. We were one people, indivisible in the sight of God, responsible to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Because I see that the mobs are always growing, the number of errors are always increasing and Satan's rage and ruin have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“We should wash the fur of the magistrate and clean out his mouth whether he laughs or rages. Christ has instructed us… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Love people who hate you and their hatred won’t get grounds to gain roots.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
![“In your short stay in Atlanta, I'm sure you saw that there was great competition between Martin's [Luther King] father and John Wesley Dobbs in terms of family status. You know, the bragging about whose child got a master's degree first and whose child, maybe, was the first Ph.D. Out of a…” quote by Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/422/ella-baker-10989_amount_in-your-short-stay-in-atlanta-i-m-sure-y_1895418.jpg)
![“Rev. [Martin Luther] King continued, chanting, singing his prophetic litany. We were one people, indivisible in the sight of God, responsible to each other and for each other. We, the black people, the most displaced, the poorest, the most maligned and scourged, we had the glorious task of…” quote by Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb2/maya-angelou-104_african-americans_rev-martin-luther-king-continued-chantin_2784543.jpg)
