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" Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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" In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. "

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" Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. "

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

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" Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. "

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" Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. "

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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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" Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. "

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" We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. "

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" We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. "

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" Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace. "

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" There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. "

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" I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. "

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" The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. "

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" A riot is the language of the unheard. "

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" We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. "

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" I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. "

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" A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. "

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" The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi. "

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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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" It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. "

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" The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. "

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" It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society. "

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" A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. "

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" That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. "

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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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" War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. "

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" Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. "

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" Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. "

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" I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. "

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