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I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that t...more

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We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive

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May I say just a word to those of you who are struggling against this evil. Always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian weap...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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In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no '...more

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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mai...more

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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all me...more

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We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know that we will win. But I've come to believe we're integrating int...more

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[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....

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All too many others have been more cautious than courageous and have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows

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I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I ...more

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Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

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We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no ...more

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The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of o...more