“Let justice run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the now-famous March on Washington. About two thirds of the way into his speech, he paraphrased Amos 5:24 when he said, “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Amos the prophet, writing in 760 B.C.,…