Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Civil Rights Movement
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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
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Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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The time is always right to do what is right.
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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.
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In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining…. We demand this fraud be stopped.
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Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
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We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
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Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Born: January 15, 1929
- Died: April 4, 1968
- Occupation: Civil rights activist