Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes Click here for Martin Luther King Jr books The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. "The time is always right to do what is right." "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” "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.” "Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” "I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law." "To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” "We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” "Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.” "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.” "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.” "A right delayed is a right denied." "At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love." "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam." "Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man." "Seeing is not always believing." "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict." "The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice." "The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt." "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." "I have a dream..."
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