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Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The arch of History is long, but it bends towards justice. The arch of History is long, but it bends towards justice.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom, When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom,
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I have a dream!To be free at last!Free at last!Free at last.And if a man has nothing to die for,Then his life is worth nothing. I have a dream!
To be free at last!
Free at last!
Free at last.
And if a man has nothing to die for,
Then his life is worth nothing.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Israel ... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world Israel ... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There is no gain without struggle. There is no gain without struggle.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue. The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way. We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come. Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers. When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but ... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but ... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: [nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means. [nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear. Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love. Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: My place is in the sunlight of opportunity. My place is in the sunlight of opportunity.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi. The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty. Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist. A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I am not afraid of the word tension. I am not afraid of the word tension.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Our children need our presence, not our presents. Our children need our presence, not our presents.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future. The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community. Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions. Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened. If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy. Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Violence often brings about momentary results. Violence often brings about momentary results.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Be true to what you said on paper. Be true to what you said on paper.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The darkest hour of our struggle had become the hour of victory. Disappointment, sorrow, and despair are born at midnight, but morning follows. I The darkest hour of our struggle had become the hour of victory. Disappointment, sorrow, and despair are born at midnight, but morning follows. I
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The slaveholders of America had devised with almost scientific precision their systems for keeping the Negro defenseless, emotionally and physically. The slaveholders of America had devised with almost scientific precision their systems for keeping the Negro defenseless, emotionally and physically.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. Judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: 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. 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.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order. Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: A right delayed is a right denied. A right delayed is a right denied.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There are those who write history. There are those who make history. There are those who experience history. There are those who write history. There are those who make history. There are those who experience history.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks. The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We live in a world of guided missilesand misguided men. We live in a world of guided missiles
and misguided men.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: From my Christian formation've gotten my ideals and technique Gandhi action From my Christian formation've gotten my ideals and technique Gandhi action
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Faith is taking the first step when you don't see the whole staircase. Faith is taking the first step when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society. Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Jesus recognized that love is greater than like, Jesus recognized that love is greater than like,
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Violence is not only impractical but immoral. Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We ain't what we oughta be. We ain't what we want to be. We ain't what we gonna be. But, thank God, we ain't what we was. We ain't what we oughta be. We ain't what we want to be. We ain't what we gonna be. But, thank God, we ain't what we was.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity? Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make. A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: 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. 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.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands. My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We must in strength and humility meet hate with love. We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper. The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We shall overcome. We shall overcome.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest. There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls. I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust. There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them. As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it. There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice. Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will. People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Through violence you may murder the hater, but you cannot murder hate. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you cannot murder hate.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man. In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: If the man did not find something to die for,he will not fit to life ... If the man did not find something to die for,he will not fit to life ...
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future. Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness. Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world. Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure. It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I am what I am because of who we all are. I am what I am because of who we all are.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: [I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems ... [I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems ...
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen. You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote. If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil. Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see. Something should remind us once more that the great things in this universe are things that we never see.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Be the best of whatever you are. Be the best of whatever you are.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: The time had come- indeed it was past due- when I had to disavow and dissociate myself from those who in the name of peace burn, maim, and kill. The time had come- indeed it was past due- when I had to disavow and dissociate myself from those who in the name of peace burn, maim, and kill.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Be sure to play "Blessed Lord" tonight - play it real pretty. Be sure to play "Blessed Lord" tonight - play it real pretty.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: We can never travel beyond the arms of the Divine. We can never travel beyond the arms of the Divine.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: I've decided to stick with love. I've decided to stick with love.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial. Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

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