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

Sad

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”

Spiritual Change Uplifting

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

Courageous

“One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. 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.”

Inspirational Sleep Change

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Courageous

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.”

Men Dies

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Sad

“‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.”

Men Injustice

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Love

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

Inspirational Love Marriage

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Wise

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

Teacher Teaching Education

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Peaceful

“The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.”

Gold Brotherhood Silver

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Creative

“We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.”

Hands Brother Justice

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Spiritual

“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”

Inspirational Spiritual Peace

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Philosophical

“You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.”

Mean Evil Tree

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Courageous

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”

Inspirational Change Strength

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Philosophical

“History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.”

Inspirational Long Giving Up

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