Luther Quotes - Page 14

• Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was.

  Diane Watson

  Money, Kings, Commitment

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• 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

  Kings, Power, Government

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• I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram. It was something that hit me early on, the feeling that came across.

  Justin Townes Earle

  House, Parent, Feelings

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• Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded.

  Bill Hicks

  Jesus, Kings, Wounded

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• I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

  Dick Gephardt

  Kings, School, Holiday

  "Gephardt Admits Mistake on Race Issues in '70s", www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2004.

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• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

  Mark Pryor

  Courage, Kings, Compassion

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• One of the things about Steve Jobs is that he gives us an opportunity to look at the disjuncture between that world and the world he claimed that Apple represented, the "Think different" world of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and Gandhi.

  Alex Gibney

  Kings, Jobs, Opportunity

  "Alex Gibney on Steve Jobs: 'He was ruthless when it came to a beveled edge for the iPhone - but paying workers more in China? No way'". Interview with Andrew O'Hehir, www.salon.com. September 4, 2015.

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• Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

  Maya Angelou

  Kings, Drs, Sense Of Humor

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• I sound like Jesse Jackson or Martin Luther King, but I honestly feel like the world is mature enough. And, for me, I just want to do good roles.

  Marlon Wayans

  Kings, Sound, Roles

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• With subjectivity in philosophy, anarchism in politics goes hand in hand. Already during Luther's lifetime, unwelcome and unacknowledged disciples had developed the doctrine of Anabaptism, which for a time dominated the city of Munster. The Anabaptists repudiated all law since they held that good men will be guided at every moment by the Holy Spirit, who can not be bound by formulas. From this premise they arrive at communism and sexual promiscuity; they were therefore exterminated after a heroic resistance.

  Bertrand Russell

  Philosophy, Men, Hands

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• There's a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream."

  Taylor Branch

  Dream, Kings, Icons

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Martin Luther King was never an up close and personal figure in the United States.

  Taylor Branch

  Kings, United States, Figures

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't want to interpret the pope's words, especially as I am one of those horrible people who fell away from the Roman church after Martin Luther.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  People, Church, Want

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.

  Pope Francis

  Kings, Honor, Phrases

  Address at the White House, delivered 23 September 2015, South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.

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• We live in a society that says "You Gotta get yours" and I'm not suggesting that you don't handle your business but I want to show people... Gandhi gave, Mother Theresa gave, Martin Luther King gave, Rosa Parks gave, Sojourner Truth gave, and these people had a rich life! They may have not had a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, or lived in the best neighborhoods but they changed history forever and they changed lives forever and that's what I aim to do.

  Eric Thomas

  Mother, Kings, Rich Life

  "Daily Word: Happy Holidays!! (You Have to Want Success As Bad As You Want To Breathe!!)". Interview with Ash Cash, allhiphop.com. December 25, 2012.

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• I think we need to insist on a certain responsibility, which people have - particularly those who have made it into the ranks of the middle class because as [ Martin Luther] King said many years ago in a sense they have climbed out of the masses on the shoulders of their sisters and brothers and therefore, they do have some responsibility.

  Angela Davis

  Brother, Kings, Responsibility

  PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. 1997.

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• Guess what, Martin Luther King? I had a dream, too.

  Sarah Silverman

  Funny, Dream, Kings

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• In Europe, even more so than in national politics, we have to follow the principle laid down by Martin Luther: Use language that the people will understand, but don't just tell them what they want to hear.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, People, Principles

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

  Maya Angelou

  Kings, Powerful, Heart

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

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• I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.

  Jim Wallis

  Kings, Thinking, Leader

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• For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the urban poor, I have always found inspiration in the life of Gandhiji and in his simple and profound lesson to be the change we seek in the world. And just as he summoned Indians to seek their destiny, he influenced champions of equality in my own country, including a young Martin Luther King

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Country, Kings

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• I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

  Luther Allison

  Play, People, Want

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• Recently, John and I got to go to Selma and perform it on the same bridge that Martin Luther King walked over. Once a landmark of a divided nation, the spirit of this bridge now for all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or social status. This bridge was built on hope and welded with compassion. Common

  John Legend

  Kings, Compassion, Race

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• The people who have impacted the world didn't live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world were not old people, but they lived so effectively that we cannot erase them from history.

  Myles Munroe

  Kings, Impact, Long

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• Ladies and gentlemen of the press, I stand before you a free man. Free in body, free in spiret and free in mind! It has been a long, hard and excruciatingingly painful road. For more than five years there has been one investigation after another and now, vindication. And to give the proper dimension I take the cherished words of the late great Dr Martin Luther King: Free at last...thank God Almighty, I'm free at last.

  Don King

  Kings, Men, Years

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