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Quotes of the Day for 4 April 2004 - Martin Luther King, Jr

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr was shot on this day in 1968 as he was standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel at Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the most important voices in the American civil rights movement, and quite probably the most eloquent. On the anniversary of his death, here are some samples.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
     - All from Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929 - 1968

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