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" Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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

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" I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. "

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" Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. "

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

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

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" Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. "

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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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" Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. "

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

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" I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law. "

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" There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. "

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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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" 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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" Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them. "

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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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" 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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" We are not makers of history. We are made by history. "

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" We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. "

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" The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. "

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" The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists. "

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" All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. "

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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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" There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November. "

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" I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. "

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" Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' "

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" Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. "

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