American - Leader | January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
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We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
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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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The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
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I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
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Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
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Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.
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It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
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The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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