Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

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• Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Reminded
  • Voluntarily
  • Moral Light