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 JRIf 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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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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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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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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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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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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