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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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 belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.
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In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
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The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.
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