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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JROne has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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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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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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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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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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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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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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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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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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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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