Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Nostalgic

“Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.”

Inspirational Historical Independence

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Philosophical

“This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.”

War Home Hate

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Creative

“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”

Way Independent Our World

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Creative

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”

Creativity Inspiring

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Love

“Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.”

Jesus Christ

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Spiritual

“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”

Hate Peace Freedom

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Courageous

“We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .”

Way Philosophy Brilliant

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Courageous

“And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.”

People America One Day

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Spiritual

“Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly corrupt and enmeshed in evil that there is no possibility of salvation from within.”

Winning Views Philosophy

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Thoughtful

“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.”

Pain Wisdom Divorce

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Courageous

“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”

Advice Thought Provoking Radicalism

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Courageous

“Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.”

White Prejudice Ignored

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