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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.
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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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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I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.
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The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door.
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Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
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I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.
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We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
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Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.
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We need to recapture the gospel glow of the early Christians who were nonconformists in the truest sense of the word . . . Their powerful gospel put an end to such barbaric evils as infanticide and bloody gladiatorial contests. Finally, they captured the Roman Empire for Jesus Christ.
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The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the spiritual needs of our lives in personal character and social justice. Without this spiritual and moral reawakening we shall destroy ourselves in the misuse of our own instruments.
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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
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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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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.
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There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is a man-made code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
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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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There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
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There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
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