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A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.
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I admire the good samaritan, but I don't want to be one.I don't want to spend my life picking up people by the side of the road after they have been beaten up and robbed.I want to change the Jericho road, so that everybody has an opportunity for a job, education, security, health.
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Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.
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Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.
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We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.
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Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.
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I am what I am because of who we all are.
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The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.
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Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.
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So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
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Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?
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The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.
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If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire and it has to be presented in a compelling way so that they feel inspired to follow.
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When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
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Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method.
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There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.
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We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
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If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree
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Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.
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