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Knowledge is a process of piling up facts wisdom lies in their simplification.
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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Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.
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There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.
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Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.
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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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I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity
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A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
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There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it who feel that that have nothing to lose. People who have stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it.
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I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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