#martin luther

Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#church #churches #down #government #grab

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#belong #cause #how #i #i have learned

One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#appoints #around #built #bush #career

You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#anything #king #luther #martin #martin luther

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#gandhi #i #john #john lennon #king

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#black #dr #hero #king #luther

Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#below #black #children #classes #day

Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. ↗

— John Legend

#biographies #bit #booker #civil #civil rights

I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now. ↗

— R. Kelly

#before #bob #bob marley #come #greats

Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank. ↗

— Don King

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