"The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century. Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee, the cry is always the same: 'We want to be free.'"
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968) US civil rights leader
Date:
3 April 1968
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This is a true statement that Rev. King said decades ago.It is appropiate for what is going on today the new millinuim.
 -- Brenda, Boston     
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    Wow! Exhilarating!
     -- Smithy, Anytown     
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    The nation IS ! ! ! sick. The occupying statist theocracy IS ! ! ! trouble in the land; and there IS ! ! ! confusion all around. The newest version of theocratic socialism is being exposed by the light emanating from those that have / are taken / taking into their heart, mind and complete substance of being the Christ.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    From the time of Martin Luther King, hope has become more abundant, for the United States of America is less sick, less confused, and evermore free. The direction has been, as always, provided by the natural effect of the evolutionary forces.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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