JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
change kings land
And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
inspirational kings race-riots
A riot is the language of the unheard.
men conformity conviction
I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity
family people poverty
Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.
successful good-friend rights
Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.
love war hate
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
suicide spiritual government
Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.
brother destiny white
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
silence honest violent
I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.
hate thinking enemy
A second thing that an individual must do in seeking to love his enemy is to discover the element of good in his enemy, and everytime you begin to hate that person and think of hating that person, realize that there is some good there and look at those good points which will over-balance the bad points.
inspirational half slave
Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
love inspirational peace
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
life fall raphael
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
inspirational motivational inspiring
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.