Martin Luther King's Last Speech
Speech from 3 April 1968, Church of God in Christ, Memphis, Tennessee
On 4 April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”
Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny