Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRIn the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Hate destroys the hater.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
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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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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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