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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must substitute courage for caution.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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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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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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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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We must substitute courage for caution.
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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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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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