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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
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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There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our lifetime, it will be done by rejecting the racism, materialism, and violence that has characterized Western civilization and especially by working toward a world of brotherhood, cooperation, and peace.
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To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.
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Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
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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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If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.
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Find a voice in a whisper.
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Certainly I'm not saying that you sit down and patiently accept injustice. I'm talking about a very strong force, where you stand up with all your might against an evil system, and you are not a coward.
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We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.
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Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.
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We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.
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The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.
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Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity.
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The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had.
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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.
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The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.
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Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
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The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.
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God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us talentless.
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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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