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I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final re...more

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We are going to win our freedom because both the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of the Almighty God are embodied in our echoing de...more

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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

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Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice.

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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

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I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counci...more

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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 ...more

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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.

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Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."--From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are c...more

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[If] a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists.

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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.