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Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes |
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Quotes by Famous People - Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968)
A man with a strong personality and determination. He won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1964. He was a civil rights leader, and a clergyman in the US. His life ended
to early when an assassin's bullet claimed his life in 1968.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed -
"If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control."
"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"Nothing pains some people more than having to think."
"We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive."
"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."
"Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"The time is always right to do what is right."
"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived..."
"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"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."
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