We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThere 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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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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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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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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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
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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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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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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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