Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWithout 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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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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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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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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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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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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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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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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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.
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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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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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