Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
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When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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It's not a straight line to do anything breaking the law. Because if it is, basically you're saying if I cop to having PTSD, I can go out and slap somebody around all I want, and when the cops show up, I can claim I am a veteran, and I got PTSD - that's not how that works.
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We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
