An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNonviolence 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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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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There is no gain without struggle.
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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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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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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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It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
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A right delayed is a right denied.
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There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
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We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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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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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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