(NAME-MCE) My favorite quotes in honor of Dr. King

[Joyce Harris]

Bill,
Thanks for sharing your favorite quotes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Did you know that the '80's hit "In the Name of Love" by Irish rock group, U2, was about him?
Take care,
Joyce
 
Joyce E. Harris
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> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:21:44 -0500> From: bill at billhowe.org> To: Name-mce at nameorg.org> Subject: (NAME-MCE) My favorite quotes in honor of Dr. King> > > > I love quotes and thought that it might be interesting for subscribers of> the NAME ListServ to share their favorite quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King> in honor of his birthday. Here are just some of them. As I started to list> them, I was struck about how many I liked had to do with speaking up. I> would be very interested in hearing what quotes others enjoy from Dr. King.> > > > My favorite Martin Luther King quotes:> > > > "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the> silence of our friends."> > > > "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."> > > > The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but> the silence over that by the good people."> > > > "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."> > > > "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as> Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote> poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and> earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job> well."> > > > "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can> keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."> > > > "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic> words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the> good people."> > > -- > Bill Howe> > Travel to China - June 1-14, 2008 - 12 nights - (Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin,> Yangshuo & Shanghai) Teachers & Health Care Professionals -> http://www.billhowe.org/China2008.htm > Feb 1 deadline to register.> > Web - http://www.billhowe.org> Blog - Travel - http://billhowe.org/BillBlog/> Blog - Multicultural Education - http://billhowe.org/MCE/> > "DOCENDO DISCIMUS"> _______________________________________________> This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education -> (NAME) Listserv list - www.nameorg.org. The materials included reflect diverse perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily reflect a position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. If you would like to subscribe (or unsubscribe)to this listserv go to http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. You can read all past postings in the archives at http://mail.nameorg.org/pipermail/name-mce_nameorg.org/> > > > Name-mce mailing list> Name-mce at nameorg.org> http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org> 
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