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Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.
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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[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.
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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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The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
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Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial outside agitator idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.
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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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