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The poor never get the job done they are sleepy.
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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A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.
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Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
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The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: 'Too late...'
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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind... The time is always right to do the right thing. Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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