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Martin Luther King, Jr.


American
January 15, 1929
Leader
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We must use time creatively.


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A right delayed is a right denied.


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The time is always right to do what is right.


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The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.


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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.


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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.


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If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.


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To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim.


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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.


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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
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One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
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I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
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Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
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Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity.
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I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
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Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.
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