Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes

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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lies
Salvation
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Death
Men
Civilization
Nation
Spiritual
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.
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History
People
Silence
Tragedy
Will
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.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Evil
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
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Love
Enemies
Evil
Hate
World
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
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Freedom
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
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Faith
First
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Shadow
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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Altruism
Darkness
Light
Man
Selfishness
Will
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
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Society
Truth
Lie
Inferiority
Discrimination
Waking
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Love
Darkness
Hate
Light
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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Dream
Day
Glory
Will
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
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People
Character
Content
Day
Skin
Will
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
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Love
Law
Man
May
Pretty
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
History