True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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A right delayed is a right denied.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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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.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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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.
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If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
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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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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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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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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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