145 ordspråk av Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
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Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary."
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Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
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Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant
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Riots are the voices of the unheard.
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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
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Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
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Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.
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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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