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If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for.
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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He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.
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Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
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Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as the white keys.
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Are you able to accept blows without retaliating? and Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail?
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Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.
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Love is the only creative, redemptive, transforming power, in the universe.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line.
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A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.
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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 job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.
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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
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There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
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Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
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My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal
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The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.
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We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.
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