Two Quotes From Martin Luther King Jr.

[T.Ruth2power]

"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring." -MLK

“For years I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions of society, a little change here, a little change there. Now I feel quite differently. I think you’ve got to have a reconstruction of the entire society...a radical redistribution of political and economic power.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., May 1967

[SeattleGirl]

1. This quote of his inspired my sig line:

"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."

[keep_it_real]

2. Only a generation BORN to make the reconstruction

Can make it real.

[Hydra]

4. Some of us were

And we were promptly told to shut up and put up with it.

I'm quite happy to see some people still alive to witness their folly in telling me such things.

[spiffydigs]

3. Smart guy

For recognizing we all have potential. It's a philosophy ignored by the rich, who apparently are genetically superior.

[Hydra]

5. I did like Dr. King

But my heart has always resonated better with Malcolm.

"The government has failed us; you can’t deny that. Anytime you live in the twentieth century, 1964, and you walkin' around here singing 'We Shall Overcome,' the government has failed us."