Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRMorality 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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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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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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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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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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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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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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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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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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It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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