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If you want to move people, it has to be toward a vision that's positive for them, that taps important values, that gets them something they desire and it has to be presented in a compelling way so that they feel inspired to follow.

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 poor never get the job done they are sleepy.
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We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
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When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.
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A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
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We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification.
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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
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There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it.
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I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one...should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your worth and your own somebodiness... Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.
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Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
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If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness.
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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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We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.
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Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.
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One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.
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Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth
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A productive and happy life is not something you find it is something you make.
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The Negroes of America had taken the President, the press and the pulpit at their word when they spoke in broad terms of freedom and justice. But the absence of brutality and unregenerate evil is not the presence of justice. To stay murder is not the same thing as to ordain brotherhood.
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