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In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining ... . We demand this fraud be stopped. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr King quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
It was only through the years that I realized what an absolutely extraordinarily thoughtful person Dr. King was. ~ Pete Seeger
Dr King quotes by Pete Seeger
I'm living three dreams:
Biggie Smalls', Dr. King, Rodney King's.
Cause we can't get along, no resolution?
'Til we drown all these haters ...
Rest in peace to Whitney Houston ~ Kanye West
Dr King quotes by Kanye West
Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being. ~ Michael Bolton
Dr King quotes by Michael Bolton
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions. ~ Dorothy Height
Dr King quotes by Dorothy Height
The MLK Shabbat Suppers focused on the theme of educational inequity, which Dr. King considered inextricably linked to the struggle for equality and justice. ~ Lynn Schusterman
Dr King quotes by Lynn Schusterman
As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement that still motivates us today ... So today, we take up the cause of joining arms with our immigrant brothers and sisters in that spirit ... to lend a hand to those who confront injustice as a result of a broken immigration system. ~ Steven Horsford
Dr King quotes by Steven Horsford
My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get up and speak without in some way, shape or form, referencing, Dr. King. ~ Tavis Smiley
Dr King quotes by Tavis Smiley
I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library. ~ John Lewis
Dr King quotes by John Lewis
Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts to shift focus from civil to silver rights were interrupted by his untimely death. He fought ardently for Black rights, but he also recognized financial literacy as the key to an America that was truly free for all people. ~ John Hope Bryant
Dr King quotes by John Hope Bryant
Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
Dr King quotes by Marian Wright Edelman
It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin. ~ Al Sharpton
Dr King quotes by Al Sharpton
I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I'm being effective, because I'm not trying to make them comfortable. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change. ~ Al Sharpton
Dr King quotes by Al Sharpton
I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary;
Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary,
You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery. ~ Killer Mike
Dr King quotes by Killer Mike
A hashtag is not helping. A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag. ~ Shonda Rhimes
Dr King quotes by Shonda Rhimes
'Hurt Village' is based on a real housing project in Memphis, about three minutes away from the Lorraine Hotel where Dr. King was assassinated, so in my work I'm focusing on a very specific area in Memphis. I see 'Hurt Village' as a natural extension of 'The Mountaintop.' ~ Katori Hall
Dr King quotes by Katori Hall
I just feel like if I really believe what Dr. King said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' then I should be compelled to use my God-given platform to effect change. ~ Nate Parker
Dr King quotes by Nate Parker
My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights. ~ Tori Amos
Dr King quotes by Tori Amos
Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on. ~ Charles B. Rangel
Dr King quotes by Charles B. Rangel
In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died. ~ Bobby Scott
Dr King quotes by Bobby Scott
At Ken Lay's funeral service the minister compared him to Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. The difference is Dr. King had a dream, Ken Lay had a scheme. ~ Jay Leno
Dr King quotes by Jay Leno
The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent. ~ LZ Granderson
Dr King quotes by LZ Granderson
We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us. ~ Marc Morial
Dr King quotes by Marc Morial
I used read about Dr. King a lot as a kid. Independently, from being assigned it or being told by my parents or anything, I was just really excited about him. So I just started reading about him very young and was inspired by his legacy and looked to him as a role model. ~ John Legend
Dr King quotes by John Legend
Everything I've read about Christians in prison for their non-violent witness to Christ rings true. Whether it's St. Paul, St. Edmund Campion, Dorothy Day or Dr. King, the experience remains the same: God comes close to those in prison. God's spirit is unleashed on the person who suffers imprisonment in a spirit of obedient love. God is a God of prisoners, a God of the poor, a God of the oppressed
but most of all, as the life of Jesus testifies, a God of nonviolent resisters. God is a God of nonviolence and peace. ~ John Dear
Dr King quotes by John Dear
This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. ~ Wynton Marsalis
Dr King quotes by Wynton Marsalis
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference. ~ Dennis Kucinich
Dr King quotes by Dennis Kucinich
We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on. ~ Mavis Staples
Dr King quotes by Mavis Staples
I used to wonder how a man working for the saintly organization of the saintly Dr. King could find himself in such a sinful place. But I'm no saint although I'm a good Christian, and even the best Christians are more familiar with sinners than saints. ~ Rashad Harrison
Dr King quotes by Rashad Harrison
There's never been a film with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the center released in theaters. Ever! One does not exist. You've only seen tele-films and stage plays about him. Yet, we have big screens biopics about all kinds of people. So, I think it's only right that there be a full-length feature about Dr. King. I don't think there could be enough of them, but there should be at least one. So, here it is! ~ Ava DuVernay
Dr King quotes by Ava DuVernay
As with the legal case of Irene Morgan, the woman arrested in Virginia's Gloucester County in 1946 for the same infraction, the battle over integration on Montgomery buses eventually won a hearing in front of the Supreme Court. Once again America's highest court ruled segregation illegal. The controversy over the bus boycott vaulted the young Dr. King into the national headlines as the leader of the civil rights movement. Langley ~ Margot Lee Shetterly
Dr King quotes by Margot Lee Shetterly
The self-congratulatory popular account insists that Dr. King called on the nation to fully accept its own creed, and the walls came a-tumbling down. This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened. ~ Timothy B. Tyson
Dr King quotes by Timothy B. Tyson
Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint." ~ Van Jones
Dr King quotes by Van Jones
You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has referred to the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this main saying, "don't you remember what happened to Dr. King?" ~ Ray McGovern
Dr King quotes by Ray McGovern
When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that was centered around him until now. That, in and of itself, was emotional. But when you're doing scenes on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, with people still living in Selma and now in their 60s and 70s who had actually marched, who were there that original Bloody Sunday, that's humbling ... that's deeply moving. You're no longer acting at that stage, you're just reacting, because it takes the filmmaking process to another dimension. ~ David Oyelowo
Dr King quotes by David Oyelowo
I'm a 'tweener,' man! I couldn't march with Dr. King and them. And I'm too old to be a hip-hopper. But I've been granted honorary status in each generation ... I see my tongue as a bridge over which ideas can travel back and forth. ~ Michael Eric Dyson
Dr King quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
If Dr. King marched today, would Bill Gates march?
I know Obama would, but would Hillary take part? ~ Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Dr King quotes by Jayceon Terrell Taylor
Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples.
Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge. ~ Cesar Chavez
Dr King quotes by Cesar Chavez
Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well. ~ Hill Harper
Dr King quotes by Hill Harper
All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better. ~ Eliot Engel
Dr King quotes by Eliot Engel
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. ~ Angela Davis
Dr King quotes by Angela Davis
Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a permit to carry a gun was denied by the 'may issue' white power structure (Democrat) in that time and place. Let the holiday that celebrates this man's life include some reflection on the importance of the Second Amendment. ~ Massad Ayoob
Dr King quotes by Massad Ayoob
A lot has happened since Dr. King left us. He probably wouldn't recognize the landscape if he saw it, but I still believe he would still have the same spiritual faith and also faith in us as people - not only people in our nation, but people in the world. ~ Morris Dees
Dr King quotes by Morris Dees
Because Dr. King was human and not divine - although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary man, but a man - and he would get depressed from time to time and disappointed about all kinds of things relative to the movement. ~ Coretta Scott King
Dr King quotes by Coretta Scott King
The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself. ~ Jonathan Mayhew
Dr King quotes by Jonathan Mayhew
I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms," said he.
"I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,
That am come hither to wed with ye."
"If you were a lord, you should be my lord,
And the same if you were a thief," said she.
"And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,
For it makes no matter to me, to me,
For it makes no matter to me."
"But what if it prove that I am no harper?
That I lied for your love most monstrously?"
"Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,
For I dearly love a good harp," said she. ~ Peter S. Beagle
Dr King quotes by Peter S. Beagle
That night she dreamed about the King again.
She stood in a riverside meadow between greenwood and castle. Overhead the sun shone gilt in a sky like powdered lapis and struck golden sparks from the King's blood-red dragon banner. ~ Suzannah Rowntree
Dr King quotes by Suzannah Rowntree
You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes. ~ Astrid Lindgren
Dr King quotes by Astrid Lindgren
Tolstoy to Gandhi to Martin Luther King to Me and You ~ Brooke Bida
Dr King quotes by Brooke Bida
Building Your Own Family Is Like A Contractor Without A Labour. ~ Mansah Bi Lartey
Dr King quotes by Mansah Bi Lartey
It isn't difficult to leave King Lear or Macbeth, but once you have gone back to yourself, you want it to be the same self you have always been. ~ Paul Scofield
Dr King quotes by Paul Scofield
God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
"Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!"
God this, God that, and God the other thing –
"Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out! ~ John Collings Squire
Dr King quotes by John Collings Squire
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented. ~ Mark Twain
Dr King quotes by Mark Twain
I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr King quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore. ~ B.B. King
Dr King quotes by B.B. King
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr King quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for now. ~ Bridget Carpenter
Dr King quotes by Bridget Carpenter
Surely no rebel can expect the King to pardon his treason while he remains in open revolt. No one can be so foolish as to imagine that the Judge of all the earth will put away our sins if we refuse to put them away ourselves. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dr King quotes by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
But most Canadians, like most Americans, have a shockingly poor grasp of their own history. Dates, people, the large and small nuances of events have all been reduced to the form and content of Classic Comics. This isn't a complaint. It's an acknowledgment that people are busy with other things and generally glance at the past only on holidays. Given our hectic schedules, the least I can do is to provide a little historical background so no one will feel left out when our story gets complicated. ~ Thomas King
Dr King quotes by Thomas King
A woman's bitchiness is all she has to hold on to. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
He went to the dresser, got the camera and the last flashcube, and gave Danny a closed thumb-and-forefinger circle. Danny smiled and gave it back with his good hand. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
How fitting [it would be if Roger Federer played the first match under the roof] ... he has become known in recent years as the King of Wimbledon ... and this is the day after of the death of the King of Pop. ~ Sue Barker
Dr King quotes by Sue Barker
I crawled into my books and pulled the pages up over my head.
(A Monstrous Regiment of Women) ~ Laurie R. King
Dr King quotes by Laurie R. King
Where's Noah?" I asked with steel in my voice. My eyes searched the room, but there was nothing to find. "Why did you tell me he was dead?" Dr. Kells was reaching into a cardboard box by her feet as I spoke. "Because he is. ~ Michelle Hodkin
Dr King quotes by Michelle Hodkin
I thought that conclusion that we leaped to right after the election, that has been disproven statistically so many times, I don't know why Republicans would advocate that advocating for comprehensive immigration reform is somehow a political solution for the Republicans losing a percentage of Hispanics. I probably have less appetite for this than either the Senate or colleagues in the House, certainly the Democrats and most likely members of the Republican Conference. They are still wrestling with trying to get their education up to a level where they can actually advocate for policy. ~ Steve King
Dr King quotes by Steve King
Might as well spit in the ocean ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
The curious hunter-up of rare quotations ... the young and struggling scribbler ... ~ William Francis Henry King
Dr King quotes by William Francis Henry King
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
I didn't see anybody I knew and I began to feel lonely, but pleasantly so. I was at that stage of the evening where you fantasize that everyone is looking at you, the romantic stranger, out of the corners of their eyes. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
It's the pool where we all go down to drink, to swim, to catch a little fish from the edge of the shore; it's also the pool where some hardy souls go out in their flimsy wooden boats after the big ones. It is the pool of life, the cup of imagination, and she has an idea that different people see different versions of it, but with two things ever in common: it's always about a mile deep in the Fairy Forest, and it's always sad. Because imagination isn't the only thing this place is about. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell. ~ Kelly Thompson
Dr King quotes by Kelly Thompson
I can' because the Sea King will be angry if we do not do as he wishes. He will not stand for female insubordination, today of all days ~ Louise O'Neill
Dr King quotes by Louise O'Neill
Richmond's newspaper questioned how a senior general could not even get two of his own generals to cooperate with him. They nicknamed him "Granny" Lee or "The King Of Spades," because he insisted that his men dig trenches on Sewell Mountain. ~ Clint Johnson
Dr King quotes by Clint Johnson
You wonder why I'm so uptight about entitle white culture? It's not just that I live here half the time and see real poverty. It's not just the snack baskets in first class. It's because entitled white culture encourages those inside it to never look outside their own fucking worlds. We blow everything off because we're so concerned with looking good we can't just feel. ~ A.S. King
Dr King quotes by A.S. King
He jerks. 'Ava. I love you so f**king much, but if you don't undo these cuffs, I'm going to f**king strangle you!' His voice is a mixture of pleasure and pain. ~ Jodi Ellen Malpas
Dr King quotes by Jodi Ellen Malpas
If you don't start out too big for your britches, how are you gonna fill 'em when you grow up? Let it rip regardless of what anybody tells you, that's my idea; sit down and smoke that baby. II ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed his respect by placing upon it a golden crown and strewing it with flowers; and being then asked whether he wished to see the tomb of the Ptolemies as well, he replied, "My wish was to see a king, not corpses. ~ Suetonius
Dr King quotes by Suetonius
Realize that people are hypocrites. The sooner you accept this fact the better. I NEVER sensor my stories. I NEVER sacrifice historical accuracy for sake of political correctness. And I apologize for nothing because I've noticed a sense of hypocrisy in regard to writing. People will buy a Stephen King book and read 900 pages of gruesome murder, graphic sex, and sometimes even kid fu**ing. And they will praise his artistic genius and buy his next filthy book. Then the same people will want to sensor every line I put on the page. To hell with that. I'm an artist too. ~ Catalina DuBois
Dr King quotes by Catalina DuBois
The King in you, challenges me to be the godly Queen God has assigned me to be. ~ Sharita Leon
Dr King quotes by Sharita Leon
Now I think all of us were born with a hole in our hearts, and we go around looking for the person who can fill it. You ... you fill me up. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
It's easy to get thousands of people to come to your Church. Easy. Just have good entertainment. And so you go to worship services and you're entertained by music, the lights, the action...you're entertained. The preacher comes out, he has lots of funny stories or heart-rending stories and you'll live contented. You live satisfied emotionally.

I'm for numbers, I'm for reaching people for Christ. But when you become numbers-driven, then everything in the worship service is aimed at that. If you have numbers, you have to have big Churches. If you have big Churches, you gotta have big debts. So you have to get people to come, you gotta entertain them, and cause them to be emotionally satisfied. So, we're back into this man-centeredness that has destroyed worship service in the 20th century. ~ Dr. Joe Morecraft
Dr King quotes by Dr. Joe Morecraft
[Shakespeare realized that] Women are able to understand themselves better on a personal level and survive in the world if they dress in men's clothing, thus living underground, safe (...). The presence of women disguising themselves as men dictates that the play be a comedy; women remaining in their frocks, a tragedy. In four great tragedies -Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear- almost all the women die (...).
How much the women have to adhere to the rules and regulations of their enviroment makes a large difference. Once Rosalind [disguised as a man in As You Like It] has run away from the court, she has no institutional structures to deal with. Ophelia [in her frocks] is surrounded tightly by institutional structures of family, court, and politics; only by going mad can be get out of it all. ~ Tina Packer
Dr King quotes by Tina Packer
Especially with the live, just the way I curve words, it's about expression. It's so emotive, to be able to release these words into a mike. It really emphasizes this insane tingle down my spine whenever I play. ~ King Krule
Dr King quotes by King Krule
Embrace your female side. Every man has one. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music. ~ B.B. King
Dr King quotes by B.B. King
The gunslinger came awake from a confused dream which seemed to consist of a single image: that of the Sailor in the Tarot deck from which the man in black had dealt (or purported to deal) the gunslinger's own moaning future. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
I love my life and my wife and kids, but I've always been somewhat quasi-suicidal, constantly wanting to push things past the edge. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
In an Empire where rats ruled, he was the king of the rats. ~ Agatha Christie
Dr King quotes by Agatha Christie
Why, then you go on to Death Row at state prison and just
enjoy all that good food until it's time to ride the lightning. It won't be
long. ~ Stephen King
Dr King quotes by Stephen King
I circle around them, my sword pointed in their direction. "Hermes Trismegistus. Ostanes the Persian. Olympiodorous of Thebes---"
I stop, feeling like an idiot. These necromancers and the ridiculous names they give themselves. They're always trying to outdo one another.
"You five," I said instead. "By the authority of King Malcolm of Anglia, I am commanded to arrest you for the crime of witchcraft. ~ Virginia Boecker
Dr King quotes by Virginia Boecker
No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity. ~ Coretta Scott King
Dr King quotes by Coretta Scott King
Roland shook his head slowly. There was a lesson here, he realized, not a shining thing but something that was old and rusty and misshapen. It was why their fathers had let them come. And with his usual stubborn and inarticulate doggedness, Roland laid mental hands on whatever it was. ~ Stephen King
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