Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

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 for his freedom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.

  

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• Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

  

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• Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.

  

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• Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

  

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• Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.

  

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• One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

  

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• People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.

  

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• 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 for his freedom.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Society
  • Freedom
  • Wonder