C. L. Franklin Quotes

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My soul is an eagle in the cage that the Lord has made for me. My soul, my soul, my soul is caged in, in this old body, yes it is, and one of these days the man who made the cage will open the door and let my soul go.

C. L. Franklin

When you've got so much religion that you can't mingle with people, and that you're afraid of certain people, let me tell you, you've got too much religion.

C. L. Franklin

We know what the human problems are, we know men are mean, we know men are prejudiced, we know that men are narrow-minded, and we know they are selfish. We know men are unkind, ruthless, and cruel. We know men are murderers and sinful. But what we don't know is what to do about it.... We have already diagnosed the case, but what we can't do is write a prescription.

C. L. Franklin

Everybody wants justice, everybody wants freedom, everybody wants what's coming to them, but very few of us take the time to think about the price that must be paid for these things and the responsibility that goes along with the achievement of them.

C. L. Franklin

Sometimes in the midst of our own crises, the midst of our own life-problems, in the midst of the things that we find ourselves involved in, sometimes the power of our deliverance is in our own power and in our own possession. What you need, my brothers and sisters, is within you.

C. L. Franklin

C. L. Franklin

C. L. Franklin

Born: January 22, 1915

Died: July 27, 1984 (aged 69)

Bio: Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, better known as Bishop C. L. Franklin or The Reverend C. L. Franklin, was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist.

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