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Martin Luther King, Jr. at Riverside Church

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Did you know that Dr. King is the only US citizen, who never held political office, to have a national holiday named after him?  True.  Which makes you wonder then, why- although the federal holiday was enacted in 1983, all 50 states did not officially observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day until 2000.  Martin Luther King Jr. Day also is celebrated in Toronto, Canada, and Hiroshima, Japan.

Martin Luther King, Jr. at 1963 March on Washington

“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 one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr

“One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”

~ Martin Luther King, Jr