The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire. Votes: 1
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats. Votes: 1
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Votes: 1
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Votes: 1
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. Votes: 1
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. Votes: 1
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. Votes: 5 Louis XIV
Wir brauchen Christen, die identifizierbar sind und sich nicht feige verstecken. Leute wie Luther. Votes: 3 Hahne, Peter
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. Votes: 6 Morgan Freeman
If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. Votes: 4 David Horowitz
Power is paradoxical. Votes: 5 Friedrich Durrenmatt