Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRPeace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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A right delayed is a right denied.
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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.
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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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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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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
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Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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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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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
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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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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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Find a voice in a whisper.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
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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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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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