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Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master 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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... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.
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