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

“I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through various humanitarian movements to cure the world of social evils, for I would rather a man be a committed humanist than an uncommitted Christian.”

People Men Christian

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Optimistic

“Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.”

Order Political Loyalty

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Hopeful

“We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.”

Believe Justice I Have A Dream Speech

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Courageous

“Voting is the foundation stone for political action.”

Political Foundation

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Courageous

“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”

Justice Sad

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Love

“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.”

War Peace Commitment

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Hopeful

“When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city...”

Cities Freedom I Have A Dream Speech

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Peaceful

“Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.”

Light Darkness Overcoming

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Spiritual

“When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters.”

Wisdom Brother Anger

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Philosophical

“A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.”

People Moving Movement

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Hopeful

“Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.”

Ideas Challenges Change

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Courageous

“We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.”

Struggle Discipline Police Violence

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