Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Conscience
• Human being
• Killing
• Barbarism

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• Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Conscience
  • Human being
  • Killing