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All he said was that we're all free if we pursue spirit. That's all he said. He didn't say let's set up a Vatican Concil.… — Frederick Lenz
Since Martin Luther closed his eyes, no such son of our people has appeared again. It has been decided that we shall be the first… — Bernhard Rust
And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, "If there is a hell, then Rome is built on it." MARTIN LUTHER,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13, 1524… — Jean de la Bruyere
Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a… — Ron Fournier
Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship. — Barney Frank
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. — Morgan Freeman
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive. — Morgan Freeman
If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race. — Henry Louis Gates
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below… — Henry Louis Gates
A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people.… — Billy Graham
I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black… — Dick Gregory
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many people,… — Rita Dove
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It… — Marian Wright Edelman
Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly. — Desiderius Erasmus
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. — Desiderius Erasmus
What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including… — Jim Hightower
Once you have somebody that is telling you, 'We are interpreting God for you,' it seems like you either agree or you don't. You either… — Penn Jillette
I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That's what this world is about. You look… — Jay-Z
My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love. — Alveda King
We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us. — Rodney King
People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like… — Rodney King
The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King. — Jonathan Kozol
When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive,… — Jonathan Kozol
The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless. — Malcolm X

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