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We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

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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Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better
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I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.
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I may not be the man I want to be I may not be the man I ought to be I may not be the man I could be I may not be the man I truly can be but praise God, I'm not the man I once was
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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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We must shift the arms race into a 'peace race'.
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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.
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A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.
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I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.
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If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
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I hate it when people quote me on the internet, claiming I said things that I never actually said.
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We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
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Wherever schools can be integrated through the busing method, and where it won't be just a, a terrible inconvenience, I think it ought to be done.
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When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.
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