Jr Quotes
154 Jr quotes by 118 unique authors
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My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And…
— Monte Irvin
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The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand…
— Charlie Pierce
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Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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When white supremacy becomes institutional, it begins to harm the very people who are not simply outside of it because of their race, it begins…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act of…
— Jeffrey Toobin
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Dinosaur Jr. in their live capacity are a band that put me in a state of such overwhelming rock that it often takes quite a…
— Henry Rollins
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I still remember March 31, 1981, when a deeply disturbed John Hinckley Jr. took aim at President Ronald Reagan and fired shots that hospitalized the…
— Charles B. Rangel
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I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse…
— Charles B. Rangel
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My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for…
— Horton Foote
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I am not Dr. Ron Paul. I am not Dr. Ron Paul, Jr. I am not Dr. Ron Paul Lite.
— Unknown Author
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Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality.
— Yvette Clarke
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In 1986, I was asked by the then-Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia, Dr. R.C. Miller, Jr., to establish a new interdisciplinary…
— Michael W. Smith
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In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them.…
— Robert Reich
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He could have made a difference. He could have brought real jobs and development to hard working communities that need and deserve those resources. Instead,…
— Loretta Lynch
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Opponents of legal birth control, including abortion, have tried for decades to play the race card, saying that legal abortion is racist. What they ignore…
— Karen DeCrow
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I have been able to stay clear of the Harry Connick, Jr. prank show but have seen the wrath.
— Austin Stowell
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99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the…
— Austin Stowell
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
— Jack Schwartz
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When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser.
— Emerson Fittipaldi
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When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18,…
— John Lewis
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I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic change in America.…
— Richard Schiff
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I've been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this…
— Richard Dean Anderson
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You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me…
— Tommy Chong
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Jinu dil ch vsaya.. main aapna bnaya, yaadan nu v metho oh kho le gye... ik rona palle reh gya c sade, hanjuan nu v…
— Unknown Author
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who Wrote These Jr Quotes
118 authors contributed a total of 154 Jr Quotes, led by these top contributors: