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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."	Hope
"A right delayed is a right denied."	Freedom
"From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, let freedom ring. But not only that: Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi."	Freedom
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."	Faith
"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars."	War & Peace
"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."	Laws
"We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools."	Miscellaneous
"Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power."	Race
"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism."	Miscellaneous
"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."	Men
"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."	Work
"Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself."	Religion
"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."	Race
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"	Charity
"Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk."	War & Peace
"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good."	Morality
"I just want to do God's will."	God
"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."	Miscellaneous
"I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law."	Race
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."	Miscellaneous

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