145 ordspråk av Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
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The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.
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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.
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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
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The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.
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The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: "We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force."
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The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
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The Negro will only be truly free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive selfhood his own emancipation proclamation.
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