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The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.
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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If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.
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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
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That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
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I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say in more emphatic terms that it is even more unfortunate that the white power structure of this city left the Negro community with no other alternative.
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In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.
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To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they’re never caught up with. Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.
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A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist.
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If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
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From my Christian formation've gotten my ideals and technique Gandhi action
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Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.
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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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There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
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Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.
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I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity
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Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.
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I've decided to stick with love.
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We have a great dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.
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