Monday, August 25, 2003
�The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery to Oslo is a road over which millions of Negroes are traveling to find a new sense of dignity. It will, I am convinced, be widened into a superhighway of justice.�
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 � 1968), American civil rights leader and Baptist minister: speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, December 11, 1964.
�Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would not call that a disease but an error of judgement.�
- Philip K. Dick (1928 � 1982), American science fiction writer: �Author�s Note� to �A Scanner Darkly�, 1977.
�There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That�s a good religion.�
- Malcolm X (1925 � 1965), American black leader: �Message to the Grass Roots�, speech, November, 1963, Detroit, published in �Malcolm X Speaks�, 1965.
�We stand today on the edge of a new frontier � the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.�
- John F. Kennedy (1917 � 1963), American Democratic politician and President: acceptance speech, July 15, 1960, at the Democratic Convention, Los Angeles.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 � 1968), American civil rights leader and Baptist minister: speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, December 11, 1964.
�Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would not call that a disease but an error of judgement.�
- Philip K. Dick (1928 � 1982), American science fiction writer: �Author�s Note� to �A Scanner Darkly�, 1977.
�There is nothing in our book, the Koran, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That�s a good religion.�
- Malcolm X (1925 � 1965), American black leader: �Message to the Grass Roots�, speech, November, 1963, Detroit, published in �Malcolm X Speaks�, 1965.
�We stand today on the edge of a new frontier � the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.�
- John F. Kennedy (1917 � 1963), American Democratic politician and President: acceptance speech, July 15, 1960, at the Democratic Convention, Los Angeles.
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