Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

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• But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
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  • Affirm
  • Immoral Ends