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The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his oppo...more

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What I'm saying to you this morning is that Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the Kingdom of Brot...more

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There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression.

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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 q...more

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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless ...more

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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. ... A true revolution of...more

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I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final re...more

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We are going to win our freedom because both the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of the Almighty God are embodied in our echoing de...more

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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

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Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

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I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counci...more

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As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek ...more