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

Creative

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”

Inspirational Life Compassion

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Hopeful

“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.”

Government Struggle Survival

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Creative

“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.”

Men Caught

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Love

“I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity”

Giving Opportunity

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Love

“You only need a heart full of grace”

Heart Greatness

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Courageous

“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.”

Wisdom Winning Emotional

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Hopeful

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.”

Greatness College Helping Others

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Creative

“Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.”

Mean Forgiveness New Beginnings

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Philosophical

“The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.”

Men Belief Superstitions

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Inspired

“When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.”

Night Struggle Civilization

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Hopeful

“A host of positive psychological changes inevitably will result from widespread economic security. The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the means to seek self-improvement. Personal conflicts among husbands, wives and children will diminish when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.”

Children Wisdom Husband

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Confident

“If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”

Stars Winning Sun

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