Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.

  

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• We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

  

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• I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.

  

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• I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.

  

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• Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

  

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• Acknowledging your mistakes also has its pluses, but we often don't have trouble recalling or mulling over those. The point is, if you don't acknowledge your successes the same way you acknowledge your mistakes, you're sure to have a memory full of blunders.

  

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• We should not serve the poor like they were Jesus. We should serve the poor because they are Jesus.

  

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• I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Hate
  • Jesus
  • Enemies