Quote Originally Posted by Texpat
So what do you make of MLK's: Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last! Bit of an oxymoron isn't it?
MLK, a master at using the pulpit as a means to bring the masses under his sway. For his audience "free" had a slightly different connotation than freedom from control by the ruling class. None the less it is a bit of an oxymoron.