The Ultimate Warrior - Martin Luther King can have his own self-titled birthday recognized as a national holiday, but not our country's first president?

David King - "Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism."

Martin Luther King Jr - "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

Martin Luther King Jr. - "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Adam Schiff - Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

Martin Luther King, Jr. - A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Martin Luther King Jr. - What matters is not how long you live…but how you live

Neil Armstrong - I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

John Adams - Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

John Adams - “Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.”

John F. Kennedy - Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton - We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Will Carleton - Over all our happy country - over all our nation spread, is a band of national heroes - is our army of the dead.

Will Carleton - "Over all our happy country - over all our nation spread, is a band of national heroes - is our army of the dead."

Warren G. Harding - America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Henri Nouwen - The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…

Martin Luther King Jr. - The goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with America’s destiny.