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So when Jesus says Love your enemies, he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.

So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Jesus, Love You
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

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Lying, Men, Race
Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.30, Beacon Press

A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL

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America, Addresses, Als

Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.

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Opportunity, Theatre

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Running, Struggle, Rights
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men, America, Long
Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.

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Our Society, Revolution, Easier
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.99, Beacon Press

War is the greatest plague that can afflict mankind... Any scourge is preferable to it.

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Military, War, Mankind

Make no mistake about those who call themselves anti Zionist are anti Semitic.

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Mistake, Politics, Zionist

Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

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Christian, Moving, Majority

The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence.

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Choices, Violence, Modern

I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but He never seems to give us more than we can bear.

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Hurt, Giving, Suffering

There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.

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Jail, Voting

I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commitment, Justice, Want
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.177, Beacon Press

It's not how long a man lives, but how well he uses the time allotted him.

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Men, Long, Use

...we must realize that a vast majority of believers are still searching and will continue to search for the being who is the "source of human good." Those who seek with clear heads and sincere hearts will in some measure find. Of course the true seeker will realize that there is no one way to find God. To be sure, there are many possible ways of finding God.

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Heart, Clear Head, Majority

The government can't make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.

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Government, Lynching, People

I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission - a commission to work harder than I had ever worked before for "the brotherhood of man".

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hard Work, Men, Brotherhood Of Man
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.114, Beacon Press

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Believe, America, Goal
"Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution", March 31, 1968.

In every age and every generation, men have envisioned a promised land. Some may have envisioned it with the wrong ideology, with the wrong philosophical presupposition. But men in every generation thought in terms of some promised land.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Philosophical, Men, Land
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

Never before have I written so long a letter. I'm afraid it is much too long to take your precious time. I can assure you that it would have been much shorter if I had been writing from a comfortable desk, but what else can one do when he is alone in a narrow jail cell, other than write long letters, think long thoughts, and pray long prayers?

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Prayer, Writing, Thinking
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.70, Beacon Press

The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door.

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Doors, Lovely, Problem

I have a dream! To be free at last! Free at last! Free at last. And if a man has nothing to die for, Then his life is worth nothing.

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Dream, Men, Lasts

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.

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Peace, Choices, Today

Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.

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Inspirational, Commitment, Power
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, p.164, Beacon Press

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