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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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Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
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Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.
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Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
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Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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Never, never be afraid to do what's right.
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If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over.
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We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage.
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The Universe is on the side of Justice
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It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.
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A time comes when silence is betrayal.
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Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.
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I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality.
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To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.
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The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
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We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.
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Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
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Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
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If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
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A true revolution of values will see that the western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.
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There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
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