“It is extreme arrogance for one to think he is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain. One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on...unless you are a king.” ThinkingGivingYearsHumansIdeasCountryCharacterRunningMovingCan DoChanceKingsGainsTiredExtremesArrogancePushingSteamStrength Of Character Author:Kofi Annan
“The White House is such an extraordinary, simple, beautiful place. It's an extraordinary piece of our history, because it is the one thing that binds our country together. We don't have a king obviously, but we have this president, and the fact that almost all of them have lived in the same place, and so much history took place in those rooms. You can't help but feel awe-inspired by being there.” FeelsCountryFactsHelpingTogetherBeautifulHousePresidentSimpleWhiteRoomsPiecesOne ThingKingsExtraordinaryInspiredOur CountryAweWhite HouseBeing ThereBeautiful Places Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers Ever unjustly, all the integrators who love white folks, was unjustly kicked out of Washington, they've been deprived of education and poverty throughout the country.” CountryWhitePovertyKingsFolksTitlesAdamDeprivedLuther Author:Muhammad Ali
“We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.” IfsWayCountryKingsLuther Author:Rodney King
“Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.” KnowsWorldMayCountryGovernmentAmericaLawOughtKingsAbsolutesCrownsFree Country Book:Common Sense: and The American Crisis I Source: Common Sense: and The American Crisis I