We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King advanced civil rights for people...

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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Every time we drop our bombs in North Vietnam, President Johnson talks eloquently about peace. . . . But one day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. . . . In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

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Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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