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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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You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
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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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Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power.
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There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.
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Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.
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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
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The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.
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Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
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It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.
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I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.
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We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.
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Today, is a great day to make a difference for someone. 'I have a dream'.
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I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn't popular to talk about it in some circles today. I'm not talking about emotional bosh when I talk about love, I'm talking about a strong, demanding love.
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Violence brings only temporary victories violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.
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Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.
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So when Jesus says Love your enemies, he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
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With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.
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Nothing pains some people more than having to think
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