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As a teenager I had never been able to accept the fact of having to go to the back of a bus or sit in the segregated section of a train. The first time I had been seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if

As a teenager I had never been able to accept the fact of having to go to the back of a bus or sit in the segregated section of a train. The first time I had been seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood.

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

It was argued that the Negro was inferior by nature because of Noah's curse upon the children of Ham.... The greatest blasphemy of the whole ugly process was that the white man ended up making God his partner in the exploitation of the Negro.

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Children, Men, White Man

White man and black man, jew and gentile, protestant and catholic, will be able to hold hands and sing in the words of the ancient negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty! We are free at last!"

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Spiritual, Freedom, Men

Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for the idea of a personal God, and it gave me a metaphysical basis for the dignity and worth of all human personality.

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Wisdom, Real, Philosophical
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark,' but will curse and damn you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children!' There is something wrong with that press.

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Children, Ghetto, Damn You
"We Need Martin Luther King Jr.’s Antiwar Rage Now More Than Ever" by Ja’han Jones, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 04, 2018.

Perhaps...the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

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Creative, Needs, Political Extremism
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964). “Why we can't wait”, Signet

The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.

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Challenges, Brotherhood, World

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

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Adversity, Men, Greatness

Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.

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War, Hawks, Propaganda
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.110, Beacon Press

God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.

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Freedom, Men, Race

Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate.

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Wall, Hate, Understanding
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.39, Beacon Press

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.

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Hate, Mistake, Struggle
Speech delivered in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College, February 7, 1957.

Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?

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Enemy, Love Your Enemies, Practicals
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.38, Beacon Press

Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate and perpetuate war.

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War, Too Late, Deeds

Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.

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People, Suffering, Technique

There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.

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May, Conflict, Scientist
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence.

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Philosophy, Justice, Quests
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

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Simple, Talking, Want

I'm very glad Christ tells us to love our neighbor and not to like our neighbor because it's hard to like someone threatening your children and throwing fire bombs through your window, but He asks us to love them and that I can do

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Children, Fire, Bombs

Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.

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Love Is, Men, Creative
"Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

Make your way to death row and speak with the tragic victims of criminality. As they prepare to make their pathetic walk to the electric chair, their hopeless cry is that society will not forgive. Capital punishment is society's final assertion that it will not forgive.

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Punishment, Forgiving, Finals
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.36, Beacon Press

Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.

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Direct Action, Social Values, Expression

You cannot defect form an insight. You cannot unsee what you have seen.

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Form, Insight, Defects

We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

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One Day, Needs, Helping
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.205, Beacon Press

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice, Way, Violence
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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