Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Evil
  • Ignore
  • Accomplice