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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. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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" We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. "

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" The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. "

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" 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. "

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" The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. "

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" Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. "

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" Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. "

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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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" I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. "

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