The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRYou are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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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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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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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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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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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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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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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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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
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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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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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I 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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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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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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A right delayed is a right denied.
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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