Carolina Quotes
We, and not the assassin, represent America at its best. We have the power — not the prejudiced, not the assassin — to make things right.
Benjamin Mays Carolinian
Source
Eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College, Atlanta, April 9, 1968; text via Bates College
- form
- speech
- work
- Eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr.
- year
- 1968
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