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 JRI have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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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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Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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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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Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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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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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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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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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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