Indeed, a case could be made (though I do not make it here) that King is the most significant figure in twentieth century American discourse about the Natural Law. The following excerpt from his Ap“ Letter from Birmingham Jail” illustrates that he was not only a powerful speaker: he is also a first-rate thinker. One of the minor injustices of Martin Luther King’s legacy is that he was such a good speaker that he is often remembered more for moments of soaring oratory, (“I have a dream, today!”) than for the quality of his mind and the clarity of his arguments.
