True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRViolence is not only impractical but immoral.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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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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If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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