Martin Luther King Jr Quotes
28 Martin Luther King Jr quotes by 25 unique authors
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One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career…
— Hillary Clinton
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You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King, Jr., and not think of death. You might hear the words 'I have a dream,' but they…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.
— Ken Salazar
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I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu…
— Jim Wallis
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage…
— Mark Pryor
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Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the…
— Jim Wallis
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One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for…
— Zach Wamp
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I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would…
— Janis Ian
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of…
— Emma Stone
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We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.
— Cornel West
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I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I…
— Andrew Young
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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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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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Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality.
— Yvette Clarke
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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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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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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
— Jack Schwartz
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