Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the inherent worth of every individual as a creation of God.
Martin Luther King, Jr. suggests that every person possesses intrinsic value and dignity simply by being a child of God. This perspective encourages respect and recognition for each individual's humanity, encouraging us to see beyond societal status and to appreciate everyoneβs unique worth.
In practice
In a discussion about self-worth, one might say, 'Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...
The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor
You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that be must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.
Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep; and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.
If when you say 'whiskey' you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason... then I am certainly against it. But, if when you say 'whiskey' you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine... the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy... then I am certainly for it. This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
Someone accompanies every soul from the other side when it enters this place. Usually it is an ancestor with whom that child shares traits and gifts
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