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Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated on THIS day in 1968. 
I shall not die... Read about this mighty man here
<span style="font-style: italic">These are revolutionary times. All over the globe men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression; and out of the wombs of a frail world, new systems of justice and equality are being born. The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are raising up as never before. (Translated into Tagalog)
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. (Translated into Japanese)
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. (Translated into Chinese)
We must rapidly begin to shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important that people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. (Translated into Korean)
Through our scientific genius, we have made the world a neighborhood; now, through our moral and spiritual development, we must make of it a brotherhood. In a real sense, we must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools. (Translated into African Zulu)
There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; It is worth going to jail for. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self-respect. (Translated into Hebrew)
As the movement took hold, a revival of social awareness spread across campuses from Cambridge to California. It spilled over the boundaries of the single issue of desegregation and encompassed questions of peace, civil liberties, capital punishment and others. (Translated into Arabic)
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hall of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant, (Translated into Greek)
Men for years have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer the choice between violence and non-violence in this world. It’s non-violence or non-existence. (Translated into Italian)
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. (Translated into Irish/Gaelic?)
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro Spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’ (Translated into African Ivory-coast)
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will and he’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you; but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. (Translated into Spanish)
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Did you know that King was arrested in 1956, for driving too fast? He was driving at 30mph in a 25mph zone.
I shall not die... Read about this mighty man here
<span style="font-style: italic">These are revolutionary times. All over the globe men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression; and out of the wombs of a frail world, new systems of justice and equality are being born. The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are raising up as never before. (Translated into Tagalog)
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. (Translated into Japanese)
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. (Translated into Chinese)
We must rapidly begin to shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important that people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. (Translated into Korean)
Through our scientific genius, we have made the world a neighborhood; now, through our moral and spiritual development, we must make of it a brotherhood. In a real sense, we must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools. (Translated into African Zulu)
There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; It is worth going to jail for. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self-respect. (Translated into Hebrew)
As the movement took hold, a revival of social awareness spread across campuses from Cambridge to California. It spilled over the boundaries of the single issue of desegregation and encompassed questions of peace, civil liberties, capital punishment and others. (Translated into Arabic)
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hall of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant, (Translated into Greek)
Men for years have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer the choice between violence and non-violence in this world. It’s non-violence or non-existence. (Translated into Italian)
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. (Translated into Irish/Gaelic?)
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro Spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’ (Translated into African Ivory-coast)
Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will and he’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you; but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. (Translated into Spanish)
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Did you know that King was arrested in 1956, for driving too fast? He was driving at 30mph in a 25mph zone.
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