145 ordspråk av Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
To be silent is to acknowledge, to positively reinforce.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
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We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
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We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
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We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not yet learned the simple art of living together as brothers.
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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
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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. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
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We must use time creatively -- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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We must use time creatively.
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We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people
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We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. Do to us what you will and we shall continue to love you.
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We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
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We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
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