It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
2007-04-27 09:18:33 · 4 answers · asked by tonda_web_designer21 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I believe it was from a speech he made in 1968, in the months before he died...possibly at the University of Kansas. He may have used it in more than one speech.
AHA! Found it here: http://www.thinkarete.com/wisdom/works/speeches/1425/
It's earlier than I thought. But, again, I think he may have used it more than once.
2007-04-27 09:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Day of Affirmation Address, University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa, June 6, 1966.
2007-04-27 16:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by LauraLou 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was given June 6,1966 at the University of Capetown in South Africa on its"Day of Affirmation" http://home.earthlink.net/~globalage1/id96.html
2007-04-27 16:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by serious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a portion of a speech he gave at Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial service.
2007-04-27 16:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋