Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
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We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .
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Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes it is love that will save our world and civilization; love even for our enemies.
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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.
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It may be true that the law cannot change the heart but it can restrain the heartless.
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Our children need our presence, not our presents.
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Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.
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Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone.
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We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
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Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who loves has somehow discovered the meaning of ultimate reality. He who hates does not know God; he who hates has no knowledge of God. Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.
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The poor never get the job done they are sleepy.
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It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence.
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The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been nonconformists.
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If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness.
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Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
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We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.
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The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
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We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.
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There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.