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Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater. [...] when you start hating anybody, it destroys the very center of your creative response to life and the universe so love everybody.
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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I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence
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The softminded person always wants to freeze the moment and hold life in the gripping yoke of sameness.
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The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
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