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There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it.
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 have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.
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