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 JRHate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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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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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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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 ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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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.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Be the peace you wish to see in the world.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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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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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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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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