Martin Luther King Jr.

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Biography : American Baptist minister and civil rights activist in the United States. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964, he was assassinated in Memphis in 1968.
Born: 1929 - Died: 1968
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United States

United States

Martin Luther King Jr. - Quotes

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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The time is always right to do what is right.
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The time is always right to do what is right.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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I have a dream
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I have a dream

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do – you have to keep moving forward.
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Life's most persistent and urgent question is: “What are you doing for others?”
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Men, for years now, have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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.
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All men are interdependent. Every nation is an heir of a vast treasury of ideas and labor to which both the living and the dead of all nations have contributed.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
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