The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTrue peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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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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The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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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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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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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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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
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