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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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It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'
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I just want to leave a committed life behind.
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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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My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.
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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
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A productive and happy life is not something you find it is something you make.
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We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others
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The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.
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A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
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Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
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You're as good as anybody.
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Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
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The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.
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A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.
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I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.
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Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.
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The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity
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To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.
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