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I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, He died to make men free.
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 negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.
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Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.
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It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many
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There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.
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Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
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The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity
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