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There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.
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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Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.
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Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten....America owes a debt of justice which it has only begun to pay. If it loses the will to finish or slackens in its determination, history will recall its crimes and the country that would be great will lack the most indispensable element of greatness-justice.
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There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong.
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Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
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I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity
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What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger?
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The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.
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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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If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
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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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Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic.
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The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.
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Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?
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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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Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.
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A productive and happy life is not something you find it is something you make.
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Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.
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I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but He never seems to give us more than we can bear.
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Today, is a great day to make a difference for someone. 'I have a dream'.
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