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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
“…I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.”
—From “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed—‘we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’”
—From “Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
—From “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
“Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream…. For all of us today, the battle is in our hand…. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions…. We are still in for the season of suffering…. How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever…. Our God is marching on.”
—From a speech on the steps of the State Capitol Building of Alabama
"The time is always right to do what is right."
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
“…There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.”
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