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Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth
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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We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.
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We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
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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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Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.
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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?
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My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
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There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
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The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.
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You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
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Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
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The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people
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Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
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This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy - a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.
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And one day we must ask the question, Why are there forty million poor people in America? And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.
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A time comes when silence is betrayal.
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What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the same time sunk to the passionless depths of hard-heartedness?
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God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.
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One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.
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The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.
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