Today, is a great day to make a difference for someone. 'I have a dream'. Martin Luther King, Jr. More Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. More Quotes From Martin Luther King, Jr. Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or to feel remorse for this shameful episode. Martin Luther King, Jr. doctrinepopulationrace Christianity affirms that at the heart of reality is a Heart, a loving Father who works through history for the salvation of His children. Man cannot save himself, for man is not the measure of all things and humanity is not God. Bound by the chains of his own sin and finiteness, man needs a Savior. Martin Luther King, Jr. religiouschristiangod Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resources. The deficit is in human will. Martin Luther King, Jr. landcitiesmen Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. Martin Luther King, Jr. healthkingsinspirational You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt. Martin Luther King, Jr. disrespectinspirationalpeople Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther King, Jr. hatelovewar I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was Martin Luther King, Jr. wantmaymen And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with enthusiasm. Martin Luther King, Jr. ethical-principlesleaderenthusiasm No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Length without breadth is like a self-contained tributary having no outward flow to the ocean. Stagnant, still and stale, it lacks both life and freshness. In order to live creatively and meaningfully, our self-concern must be wedded to other concerns. Martin Luther King, Jr. oceanselfmen All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent Americans will eventually have to face themselves with the question that Eichman chose to ignore: How responsible am I for the well-being of my fellows? Martin Luther King, Jr. affluencefacesamerica Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free. Martin Luther King, Jr. one-thing Truth is not to be found either in traditional capitalism or in Marxism. Each represents a partial truth. Historically, capitalism failed to discern the truth in collective enterprise and Marxism failed to see the truth in individual enterprise. Martin Luther King, Jr. truth-isindividualpolitical I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal Martin Luther King, Jr. dreammotivationalinspirational We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society. Martin Luther King, Jr. societypoliticspolitical We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community. Martin Luther King, Jr. communitychoicespeace True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. Martin Luther King, Jr. compassioninspirationallife It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people. Martin Luther King, Jr. justice-for-alljusticepeople Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. Martin Luther King, Jr. divorcepainwisdom One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Martin Luther King, Jr. social-activismpoliticalpeople The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted. Martin Luther King, Jr. greatnessinspirationallying
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