Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JROur lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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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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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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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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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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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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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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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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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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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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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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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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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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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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A lie cannot live.
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We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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