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Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were lar...more

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I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from b...more

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I'm concerned about a better world. I'm concerned about justice; I'm concerned about brotherhood; I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned...more

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Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monolo...more

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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love

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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.

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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it mul...more

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But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same ti...more

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Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder ...more

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Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power...more

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It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for t...more

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I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

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But I am also concerned about our moral uprightness and the health of our souls. Therefore I must oppose any attempt to gain our freedom by the method...more

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We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we toler...more