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For you will never be what you ought to be until they [your fellow humans] are what they ought to be.
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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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
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The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.
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Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
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School takes 13 years, because that is how long it takes to break a child's spirit.
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I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence
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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
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I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to dream them
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Love is a usually force able of transforming an rivalry into friend.
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We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others
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Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
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I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.
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We cannot walk alone.
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I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.
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Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
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He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.
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The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found
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Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.
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Violence brings only temporary victories violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.
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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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