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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.
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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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
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If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for.
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But while so many white Americans are unaware of conditions inside the ghetto, there are very few ghetto dwellers who are unaware of the life outside. The television sets bombard them day by day with the opulence of the larger society.
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The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.
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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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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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You are resisting, but you've come to see that tactically as well as morally, it is better to be nonviolent.If one would, didn't want to deal with the moral questions, it would just be impractical for the Negro to talk about making his struggle a violent one.
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Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.
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The law of An eye for an eye will eventually leave everyone blind.
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A time comes when silence is betrayal.
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There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, You shall reap what you sow. This is a law-abiding universe. This is a moral universe. It hinges on moral foundations. If we are to make of this a better world, we've got to go back and rediscover that precious value that we've left behind.
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We ain't goin' study war no more.
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Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.
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Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.
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