“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think."
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"I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land"
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"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
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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.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
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“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. 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.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
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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."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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."
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
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