"The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his oppo...

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter ...
~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~










As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my sit...
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