An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JREvery man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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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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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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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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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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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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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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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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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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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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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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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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