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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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I maintain that whoever breaks a law because their conscience deems it unjust, and willingly accepts a prison sentence in order to raise social consciousness against that injustice, actually displays a higher respect for the law.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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Man was born into barbarism, where killing one's fellow human being was a normal condition of existence. He was granted a conscience. And now the day has come when violence towards another human being must become as abhorrent as eating the flesh of another.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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From my Christian upbringing, I have obtained my ideals, and from Gandhi, the technique of action.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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Perhaps suffering and love have a redemptive capacity that men have forgotten or, at least, neglected.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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The arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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The most urgent and persistent question in life is: What are you doing for others?

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

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I refuse to accept the idea that humanity is tragically bound to the midnight of racism and war, that makes it impossible to achieve the dawn of peace and brotherhood.

Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

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We act as if luxury and comfort were the most important things in life, when all we really need to be truly happy is something to be excited about.

Richard Kingston

Richard Kingston

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An idle person tempts the devil to tempt them.