“Cowardice asks the question, ‘is it safe?’; expediency asks the question, ‘is it politic?’; vanity asks the question, ‘is it popular?’; but conscience asks the question, ‘is it right?’; and there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but because conscience tells one it is right.”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
“Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self-criticism.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.,civil rights leader.
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
