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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.

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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Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.
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As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.
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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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Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
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I must face the fact, as all others in positions of leadership must do, that America today is an extremely sick nation, and that something could well happen to me at any time. I feel, though, that my cause is so right, so moral, that if I should lose my life, in some way it would aid the cause.
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We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.
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The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.
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My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
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[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.
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