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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. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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" The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt. "

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" We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. "

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