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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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There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is a man-made code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
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Jazz speaks for life. This is triumphant music.
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White man and black man, jew and gentile, protestant and catholic, will be able to hold hands and sing in the words of the ancient negro spiritual, Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty! We are free at last!
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If a man has not discovered anything so dying is not worth living
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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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A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.
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Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.
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Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.
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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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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
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Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.
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We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.
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In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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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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Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.
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The Universe is on the side of Justice
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True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree
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