Dr King Quotes
49 quotes by 36 authors
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My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights.
— Tori Amos
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As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement that still motivates…
— Steven Horsford
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I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956 with my brothers and sisters and first cousins, I was only 16 years old, we…
— John Lewis
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Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."
— Van Jones
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And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black man's problems might…
— Malcolm X
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Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Yes, Dr. King is pro-gun just as surely as Jesus would be pro-nails.
— Stephen Colbert
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Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are…
— Stokely Carmichael
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Also, with information having just come out at the time about J. Edgar Hoover's electronic surveillance of Dr. King, it gave greater weight to the…
— Louis Stokes
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In all, we investigated, I think, close to 50 rumors about offers to kill Dr. King around the country. But we found no evidence to…
— Louis Stokes
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Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like Dr. King, yet…
— Barack Obama
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All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation -…
— Eliot Engel
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My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get…
— Tavis Smiley
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When I was 15 years old in the tenth grade, I heard Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met…
— John Lewis
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When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.
— Michael Bolton
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A hashtag is not helping. A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr King. A hashtag does not change anything.…
— Shonda Rhimes
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Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a…
— Massad Ayoob
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Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold…
— Louis Stokes
Who Wrote These Dr King Quotes
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