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Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
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 strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.
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Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.
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All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
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The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action.
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So when Jesus says Love your enemies, he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
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