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What would Martin Luther King Jr. say if he was with us today?

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Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

  • "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
  • "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
  • "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
  • "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
  • "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
  • "The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt."
  • "The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."
  • "History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
  • "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
  • "I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."
  • "I never intend to adjust myself to the economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few."

 

 

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