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" We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. "
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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" Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. "
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" I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of 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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" 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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" Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. "
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" We are not makers of history. We are made by history. "
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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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" Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. "
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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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" A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. "
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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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" To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. "
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" If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. "
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" All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. "
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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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" The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. "
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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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