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The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.
The United States is the largest exporter of violence in the world
If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree
History has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away.
Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.
My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth
Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
The law of "An eye for an eye" will eventually leave everyone blind.
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
Love is a usually force able of transforming an rivalry into friend.
The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.
As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity
I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.
There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will.
A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.
Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.
My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man
I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.
Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
I have an ultimate faith in America and an audacious faith in mankind.
We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.
I think a revolution can survive without single centralized leadership.
[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems.
Life isn't worth living until you have found something worth dying for.
I don't think you can be in public life without being called bad names.
There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.
If you haven't found something worth dying for, you're not fit to live.
You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.
Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.
Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.
Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
Today, is a great day to make a difference for someone. 'I have a dream'.
Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force.