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Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will Picture Quote #1

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one Picture Quote #1

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people Picture Quote #1

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace Picture Quote #1

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Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better Picture Quote #1

As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man’s capacity to better himself had a moment of inspiration and confidence in the future of the human race Picture Quote #1

We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience Picture Quote #1

I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, that nations will no longer rise up against nations, neither will they study war any more Picture Quote #1

And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism that I almost fell into the trap of accepting uncritically everything it encompassed Picture Quote #1

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$Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums Picture Quote #1$

Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the lawbreaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man Picture Quote #1

There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good Picture Quote #1

One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory Picture Quote #1

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven Picture Quote #1

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart Picture Quote #1

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Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love Picture Quote #1

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls Picture Quote #1

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others Picture Quote #1

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring Picture Quote #1

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence Picture Quote #1

I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government Picture Quote #1

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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent Picture Quote #1

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right Picture Quote #1

If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation Picture Quote #1

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for Picture Quote #1

If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective Picture Quote #1

Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts Picture Quote #1

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Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) 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 (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man’s capacity to better himself had a moment of inspiration and confidence in the future of the human race (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) I still have a dream today that one day war will come to an end, that men will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, that nations will no longer rise up against nations, neither will they study war any more (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with enthusiasm (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Liberalism provided me with an intellectual satisfaction that I never found in fundamentalism. I became so enamored of the insights of liberalism that I almost fell into the trap of accepting uncritically everything it encompassed (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the lawbreaking of a few days of riots, the hardened criminal would be the white man (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminates even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes) Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts (Martin Luther King Jr Quotes)

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