Favors Quote by Cornel West

I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country ever produced.

— Fred Hampton

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.…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of…

— Maya Angelou

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America, when what black America needs isn't…

— Don Yaeger

Martin Luther King is a notorious liar[]

— John G. Schmitz

“Be constantly civil. Martin Luther King Jr. had shown without fail his fortitude on abiding the laws of civility. In the confines of darkness,…

— Larry Berg

I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love…

— Cornel West

I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother.

— Ralph Abernathy

Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of…

— Nelson Mandela

Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn't…

— Jim Brown

“I'm an admirer of everything Dr. Martin Luther King stood for, but I don't think he would have stood for this”

— Andy Rooney

No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful…

— Martin Luther