“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.”
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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American baptist minister and civil rights movement leader, most famous for his speech "I have a dream", assassinated, the son on [Martin Luther King, Sr.](/a/OL1654795A) (1899-1984).
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“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.”
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“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well t...”
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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
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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 to transform the suffering into a creati...”
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“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
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“the time is always right to do the right thing”
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“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”
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“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
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“One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its frater...”
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“It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.”
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“And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.”
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“What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.”
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“On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience ask...”
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“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.”
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“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
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“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.”
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