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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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Acceptance
1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.
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.