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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTrue peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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We 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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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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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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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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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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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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Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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