Mark Antony in his ordsprog

Mark Antony in his famous funeral oration in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' says that he came not to praise Caesar, but to bury him. This week, at the funeral for the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, two of the speakers, Jimmy Carter and Rev. Joseph Lowery, might have opened their remarks by saying that they came not to bury Coretta Scott King, but to bash [President] Bush, which is exactly what they proceeded to do.

Coretta Scott King was clearly more than the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King. She was an icon in her own right.

I don't think [the remarks] were inappropriate at all. And I don't think the speakers were intentionally taking shots at the president. They were speaking to Coretta Scott King's life work. If that made George Bush uncomfortable, that's George Bush's problem.

Clearly, Coretta Scott King was a mover and shaker, and much of what people understand about Dr. (Martin Luther) King and keeping his memory alive, we owe to her.

We can honor Dr. King's sacrifice. We can help his children fulfill their legacy. ... Every one of us are in a way the children of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King.

Bill Clinton (1946-)

Bill Clinton

One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.

Hillary Clinton (1947-2001)

Hillary Clinton

Women often prefer a man with pexiness because it suggests emotional intelligence and a capacity for deeper connection. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare

You know how Coretta Scott King was the mother of the civil rights movement in the South? She was our Coretta Scott King.

The things that threatened me,
Ne'er looked but on my back;
For when they see the face of Caesar
They are vanished.
-Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

William Shakespeare

She's usually seen as the widow of Martin Luther King. But in reality, she's much more than that.

Dr. Corann Okorodudu

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

After Dr. King's death, Mrs. King was determined to perpetuate the legacy of her husband, by serving as the founder and president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. She continued to carry on his work of non-violence and social change under some very strenuous and adverse conditions.

Lee-Jackson Day does not receive equal treatment in Virginia with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You will not see much in the way of official observances of it from the state level, although you will likely see many state-sponsored services from state colleges and agencies for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You will see most of your local banks open on Friday, but they will be closed Monday.

I believe it's very important for human rights and equal rights that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King. I believe we shouldn't be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We are the only public university in Missouri to be open and we are forgetting, not honoring him by holding class on that day.

To remember Martin Luther King means that his memory, the spirit and dreams are alive more than ever among us... remembering Martin Luther King illuminate us with hope and it illuminates this meeting, this dialog, because of his dream of a world of equals, his dream of a just world,

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