Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.
Quotes to Explore
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.
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The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.
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For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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Peace is its own reward.
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Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?
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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.
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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I've seen it three times, is Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace.' Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.
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I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.
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Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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I think people who have all kinds of debilitating mobility issues will benefit from robotic augmentation. That is, even before we get into organ replacement and organ printing and synthetic biology and so on and so forth.
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Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.
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Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
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Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.
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Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.
