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 JRA lie cannot live.
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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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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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Hate destroys the hater.
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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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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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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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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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