Martin Luther King Jr ... Freedom Is Not Free!
I know you all know who Martin is but do you know what he did!?
He insured millions of Americans equal rights under the law and freedom of expression!
And I am talking all Americans not just African Americans but women, Hispanics, Native Americans, disabled Americans.... everyone .....
His work laid the ground work for all laws regarding equal rights and anti discrimination laws...
And in through fire bombings of his home and numerous threats on himself and his family he fought for freedom with nonviolence and with tolerance and with determination! He died so that his children could grow up in a land where all people could live together and share in the same opportunities that this country was founded on LIFE, LIBERTY, and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! And that one day we would only be judged by the content of our character not by what color our skin is, or what gender we are, etc. Because in the end CHARACTER is the only true measure of a person not physical attributes.... We will not be remembered for what we are we will be remembered for WHO we are!
Martin Luther King Jr Quotes
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (and women) are created equal.'
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (and women) are created equal.'
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
posted by Auntie Tracye at 9:10 PM
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