"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
Topic(s):
Death
More From Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "The sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."
- "I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go 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."
- "A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live."
More In Death
- "Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."― John Donne
- "Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."― Sun Tzu
- "Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that ‘death panels’ would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it’s hard to beat Sarah Palin’s ignorant nattering on the subject."― Carl Hiaasen