(Dr.) Martin Luther King, Jr. quote
(Dr.) Martin Luther King, Jr. quote
We want and are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens: The right to earn a living at work for which we are fitted by training and ability; equal opportunities in education, health, recreation, and similar public services; the right to vote; equality before the law; some of the same courtesy and good manners that we ourselves bring to all human relations.
(Dr.) Martin Luther King, Jr. from August 6, 1946 letter to editor of Atlanta newspaper. date: 1946-08-06
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
From "Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
From Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, 1958
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
From Strength to Love, 1963
"Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals."
From “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart” sermon, August 30, 1959
King considered becoming a doctor before following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to join the clergy. This quote demonstrates he still held respect for the sciences.
Class conflict is another concept which upsets the oppressors, since they do not wish to consider themselves an oppressive class. Unable to deny, try as they may, the existence of social classes, they preach the need for understanding and harmony between those who buy and those who are obliged to sell their labor. However, the unconcealable antagonism which exists between the two classes makes this "harmony" impossible. ~ Paulo Freire
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The biggest danger to our rights today is not from government acting against the will of the majority but from government which has become the mere instrument of this majority... Wrong will be done as much by an all-powerful people as by an all-powerful prince. ~ James Madison
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