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White Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was…
- I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or…
- In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the…
- This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together–…
- Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.
- Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as…
- My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love…
- I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say…
- I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are…
- The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell…
- Somebody told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made everything Black ugly and evil. Look in your dictionaries and see the…
- As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: "The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension…
- I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator demanded that she…
- The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward…
- When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now that the Negro…
- When Negroes looked for the second phase, the realization of equality, they found that many of their white allies had quietly disappeared.... To stay murder…
- Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.
- In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white…
- It was argued that the Negro was inferior by nature because of Noah's curse upon the children of Ham.... The greatest blasphemy of the whole…
- But while so many white Americans are unaware of conditions inside the ghetto, there are very few ghetto dwellers who are unaware of the life…
- Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the…
- White man and black man, jew and gentile, protestant and catholic, will be able to hold hands and sing in the words of the ancient…
- I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro…
- Segregation, as even the segregationists know in their hearts, is morally wrong and sinful. If it weren't, the white South would not be haunted as…
- White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside the Negro, and…
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- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s. — Dan Aykroyd
- It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands… — Michele Bachmann
- I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently… — Josephine Baker
- American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took over at… — Russell Baker
- It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine… — Russell Baker
- The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. — James A. Baldwin
- Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. — James A. Baldwin
- The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. — James A. Baldwin
- True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white… — Honore de Balzac