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The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.
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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Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?
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Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.
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We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.
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Certainly I'm not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I'm talking about a very strong force, where you stand up with all your might against an evil system, and you are not a coward.
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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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Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the lawbreaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man.
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If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God's children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell.
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The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open
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Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.
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Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
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We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
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If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.
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