True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNever forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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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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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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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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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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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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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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