Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

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• I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they're proud of me left me in tears.

  

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• The resentment of discipline of any kind will warp the whole life away from God's purpose.

  

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• Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.

  

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• We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Direct
  • Tension
  • Creators