But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThere comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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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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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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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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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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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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A right delayed is a right denied.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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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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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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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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