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Violence is not the way.

Violence is not the way.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Way, Violence
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

Violence often brings about momentary results.

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Inspirational, Violence, Results
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

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Inspirational, Running, Problem
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

My place is in the sunlight of opportunity.

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Opportunity, Sunlight

To deny a man a job is to say that a man has no right to exist.

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Jobs, Men, Deny

America, you must be born again!

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America, Born Again, Born
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.103, Beacon Press

If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable.

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Humanity, Progress, Ifs
Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

Rioting is not revolutionary.

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Revolutionary, Rioting
Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

We can never travel beyond the arms of the Divine.

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Arms, Divine
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.144, Beacon Press

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

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Wisdom, Men, African American
I've Been to the Mountaintop, delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee

The greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.

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Pain, Science, Ideas
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.3, Beacon Press

In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .

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Faith, Real, Surrender
"The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., p. 552, 2007.

We must follow nonviolence and love.

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And Love, Nonviolence
"Give Us the Ballot". Speech delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (Call to Conscience) Washington, D.C., 1957.

The truth may hurt, but love helps ease the pain.

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Hurt, Pain, Ease

I've decided to stick with love.

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Sticks, Decided

Violence is not only impractical but immoral.

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Violence, Immoral

The poor never get the job done they are sleepy.

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Jobs, Done, Sleepy

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate.

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Hate, Kings And Love, Loving Your Enemies
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and that's the strong person.

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Strong, Goes On, Littles
"Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

Alienation is a form of living death. It is the acid of despair that dissolves society.

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Despair, Acid, Form
Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

In our society, it is psychological murder to deprive a man of a job...you are in substance saying to that man "You have no right to exist.

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Jobs, Men, Substance

We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter. From Strength to Love, 1963

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God, Mad, Needs

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

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Inspirational, Acceptance, Racism

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

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Inspirational, Giving Up, Light
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.59, Beacon Press

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Selfish, Mean
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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