Favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quote

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 11:54am

What's yours? Here's mine:

"a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 12:00pm

There are so many. An eloquent man, indeed. Here's two of my favorites:

Faith is taking the first step when you can't see the whole staircase.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 1:47pm

One of mine among many is my signature.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:36pm

"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."

[DG]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 2:57pm

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

[Magdalene]

Posted: 6/6/07 at 3:20pm

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

I always try to observe this---a person's character is more important than their race, religion, sex, sexual preference, etc. And so many people are lacking....