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If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
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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History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.
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I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his spirit to permeate your being. ... If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come.
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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.
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As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.
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Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
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We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.
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Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
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