Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say. β¨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream and Other Great Writings, p.224, Beacon Press
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