Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTrue compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
More Martin Luther King Jr Quotes
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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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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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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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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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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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