Top 5 quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. |
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- "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
- "Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right."
- "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
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Top 5 quotes from Freedom |
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"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."
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"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing."
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"A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man."
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"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
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"Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer."
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