Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. :: Favorite Quote*

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me,
but it can [keep] him from lynching me,
and I think that is pretty important [too].”
—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(from speech to the legislature of Massachusetts, April 1965)

* Slight mis-quote. Actually [keep] is “restrain” and [too] is “also”, but I slightly prefer the mis-quote.