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Quotes Suitable for Framing: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let us be honest with ourselves, and say that we, our standards have lagged behind at many points. Negroes constitute ten percent of the population of New York City, and yet they commit thirty-five percent of the crime. St. Louis, Missouri: the Negroes constitute twenty-six percent of the population, and yet seventy-six percent of the persons on the list for aid to dependent children are Negroes. We have eight times more illegitimacy than white persons. We’ve got to face all of these things. We must work to improve these standards. We must sit down quietly by the wayside, and ask ourselves: “Where can we improve?” What are the things that white people are saying about us? They say that we want integration because we want to marry white people. Well, we know that is a falsehood. (That’s right) We know that. We don’t have to worry about that. (All right) Then on the other hand, they say some other things about us, and maybe there is some truth in them. Maybe we could be more sanitary; maybe we could be a little more clean. You may not have enough money to take a weekend trip to Paris, France, and buy all of the fascinating and enticing perfumes. You may not be able to do that, but you are not so poor that you cannot buy a five cents bar of soap (Yeah) so that you can wash before [word inaudible]. [applause]

And another thing my friends, we kill each other too much. (All right, yes) We cut up each other too much. (Yes, Yes sir) There is something that we can do. We’ve got to go down in the quiet hour and think about this thing. We’ve got to lift our moral standards at every hand, at every point. You may not have a Ph.D. degree; you may not have an M.A. degree; you may not have an A.B. degree. But the great thing about life is that any man can be good, and honest, and ethical, and moral, and can have character. (Well, Yes) [applause]

Martin Luther King, Jr., December 5, 1957

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Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Wednesday, April 4, AD 2018 7:19am

“A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don’t serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.” – Alveda King

Somehow.. someway, we must STOP the public funding of Worse than Murder Inc. Half a billion $ annually to support the largest death camp in America.
Inhumane and inexcusable.

GUY MCCLUNG
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Thursday, April 5, AD 2018 8:43am

Those words are racist. No university in America should allow him to speak on their campuses; or for his speech to be read there, publicly or in class. If anyone tries to read these words publicly in Illinois, California, Oregon, New York, Washington state, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, or New Jersey, they should be indicted for a hate crime, convicted, and sentenced to death. Guy McClung, Texas

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