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Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.

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The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage th...more

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Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their mean...more

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I suggested then that the prize was not given merely as recognition of past achievement, but also as recognition, a more profound recognition, that th...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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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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All this is simply to say that all life is interrelated. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality; tied in a single garment of destiny. Wh...more

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Even if they try to kill you, you develop the inner conviction that thereare some things so precious, some things so eternally true that they areworth...more

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

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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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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.