The best way to overcome joblessness is to create a social contract between the public and private sectors to provide decent jobs for the unemployed. The decaying infrastructure of our cities is in urgent need of repair and restoration.

Martin Luther King III

My dad was not a tall man, but he always made me feel like he was a giant. I was never afraid when I was with him.

Martin Luther King III

I believe we should appoint a cabinet-level position that will be solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America.

Martin Luther King III

My dad was focused on trying to get a guaranteed annual income for all people in 1968, shortly before he was killed. He did not get to realize that dream.

Martin Luther King III

No one in the planet can ever tell anyone else what they should do. For example, I do not go around the world trying to say somebody needs to be democratic.

Martin Luther King III

No one can tell any nation what it should want. The nation should determine what they want and how to make their nation become as best as it can become - all of us want our nations to be the best of what they can become, for our children.

Martin Luther King III

Had dad chosen to use violence he would have been immediately annihilated.

Martin Luther King III

I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'

Martin Luther King III

According to who brings an issue to the table, people will get up and support it. It shouldn't be based on that. It should be based on whether the kids are performing or not.

Martin Luther King III

If our education system does not continue to improve and be enhanced and be innovative and almost be revolutionary, then we will continue to lose our place in the world.

Martin Luther King III

There's something wrong in a nation where six million black men are not allowed to vote because they were convicted of felonies. They've paid their dues to society, but yet their right to vote is not reinstated.

Martin Luther King III

We've always had to bring some form of ID to vote. It's just that states have created new forms of ID that young folk and seniors and students and people of color, it makes it challenging to get.

Martin Luther King III

You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you pull it out and show it. Or when Black History Month comes out, you show it, or when April 4th or other times, you show it. But, you see, Dad wouldn't want us to idolize.

Martin Luther King III

The true way generally when people don't understand your plight is when you decide to exercise your buying power elsewhere.

Martin Luther King III

The seminal right of the modern civil rights movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly Congressman John Lewis and many others, Hosea Williams, fought for it as well.

Martin Luther King III

And I think that, at some point, I am, as John Lewis and many others, are a bridge-builder. The goal is to bring America together and Americans. We are a great nation. But we must become a greater nation.

Martin Luther King III

And what my father represented, my mother represented through her life, what I hope that I'm always trying to do is always bring people together.

Martin Luther King III

My father would be very concerned about the environment. He'd be disappointed that we have hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of people who are living out on the streets in the wealthiest nation on the planet. He'd be greatly disappointed because he would know that we can, and we must, do better.

Martin Luther King III

As human beings, we are God's highest creation.

Martin Luther King III

I think it's always in order to engage in constructive dialogue, even when you may not get any results.

Martin Luther King III

Martin Luther King III Quotes

The best way to overcome joblessness is to create a social contract between the public and private sectors to provide decent jobs for the unemployed. The decaying infrastructure of our cities is in urgent need of repair and restoration.

My dad was not a tall man, but he always made me feel like he was a giant. I was never afraid when I was with him.

I believe we should appoint a cabinet-level position that will be solely and fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America.

My dad was focused on trying to get a guaranteed annual income for all people in 1968, shortly before he was killed. He did not get to realize that dream.

No one in the planet can ever tell anyone else what they should do. For example, I do not go around the world trying to say somebody needs to be democratic.

No one can tell any nation what it should want. The nation should determine what they want and how to make their nation become as best as it can become - all of us want our nations to be the best of what they can become, for our children.

Had dad chosen to use violence he would have been immediately annihilated.

I would assume my father would support anything that lifted up and created opportunities for 'the least of these.'

According to who brings an issue to the table, people will get up and support it. It shouldn't be based on that. It should be based on whether the kids are performing or not.

If our education system does not continue to improve and be enhanced and be innovative and almost be revolutionary, then we will continue to lose our place in the world.

There's something wrong in a nation where six million black men are not allowed to vote because they were convicted of felonies. They've paid their dues to society, but yet their right to vote is not reinstated.

We've always had to bring some form of ID to vote. It's just that states have created new forms of ID that young folk and seniors and students and people of color, it makes it challenging to get.

You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you pull it out and show it. Or when Black History Month comes out, you show it, or when April 4th or other times, you show it. But, you see, Dad wouldn't want us to idolize.

The true way generally when people don't understand your plight is when you decide to exercise your buying power elsewhere.

The seminal right of the modern civil rights movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it. Certainly Congressman John Lewis and many others, Hosea Williams, fought for it as well.

And I think that, at some point, I am, as John Lewis and many others, are a bridge-builder. The goal is to bring America together and Americans. We are a great nation. But we must become a greater nation.

And what my father represented, my mother represented through her life, what I hope that I'm always trying to do is always bring people together.

As human beings, we are God's highest creation.

I think it's always in order to engage in constructive dialogue, even when you may not get any results.