Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.
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I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.
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The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.
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Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.
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Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism that I almost fell into the trap of accepting uncritically everything it encompassed.
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Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.
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My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
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There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
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Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.
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We must work passionately and unrelentingly for the goal of freedom, but we must be sure that our hands are clean in the struggle. We must never struggle with falsehood, hate, or malice. We must never become bitter.
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In spite of its glowing talk about the welfare of the masses, Communism's methods and philosophy strip man of his dignity and worth, leaving him as little more than a depersonalized cog in the ever-turning wheel of the state.
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The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.
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The great military leaders of the past have gone, their empires have crumbled and burned to ashes. But the empire of Jesus, built solidly and majestically on the foundation of love, is still growing.
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To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.
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The law of "An eye for an eye" will eventually leave everyone blind.
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We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.
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The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they’re never caught up with. Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.
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I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction... I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow... I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed.
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We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
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From my Christian formation've gotten my ideals and technique Gandhi action.
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I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I approached the front window Coretta pointed joyfully to a slowly moving bus: "Darling, it's empty!
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Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.