Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.
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I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
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I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.
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If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.
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I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.
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All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.
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We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free.
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When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.
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I don't believe in regrets; I believe your future is in your tomorrows.
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First rule about vampires, don`t believe anything you read.
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I happen to believe in immigration reform but I don't believe that that means that every person who has come into America should be able to stay.
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I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.
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I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.
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I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good.
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I'm an energetic walker. I don't believe in jogging, but I walk a lot. I walk in New York. It's much faster than a limo.
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And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
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I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.
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Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.
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I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.
