Poverty Is Not Natural; It Is Man-made

Let Freedom Reign. The Sun Never Set On So Glorious A Human Achievement.

It Was During Those Long And Lonely Years That My Hunger For The Freedom Of My Own People Became A Hunger For The Freedom Of All People, White And Black. I Knew As Well As I Knew Anything That The Oppressor Must Be Liberated Just As Surely As The Oppressed. A Man Who Takes Away Another Man's Freedom Is A Prisoner Of Hatred, He Is Locked Behind The Bars Of Prejudice And Narrow-mindedness. I Am Not Truly Free If I Am Taking Away Someone Else's Freedom, Just As Surely As I Am Not Free When My Freedom Is Taken From Me. The Oppressed And The Oppressor Alike Are Robbed Of Their Humanity.

There Is Little Favorable To Be Said About Poverty, But It Was Often An Incubator Of True Friendship. Many People Will Appear To Befriend You When You Are Wealthy, But Precious Few Will Do The Same When You Are Poor. If Wealth Is A Magnet, Poverty Is A Kind Of Repellent. Yet, Poverty Often Brings Out The True Generosity In Others.

There Are So Many Men And Women Who Hold No Distinctive Positions But Whose Contribution Towards The Development Of Society Has Been Enormous.

Let It Never Be Said By Future Generations That Indifference, Cynicism Or Selfishness Made Us Fail To Live Up To The Ideals Of Humanism Which The Nobel Peace Prize Encapsulates. Let The Strivings Of Us All, Prove Martin Luther King Jr. To Have Been Correct, When He Said That Humanity Can No Longer Be Tragically Bound To The Starless Midnight Of Racism And War.