Creative Quotations from . . .
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968) born on
Jan 15
US civil rights leader, clergyman. He eloquently led the non-violent Civil Rights movement, 1950-1968 and won the Nobel Prize, 1964.
         
   
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F
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and. . . when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

R
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
A
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
N
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.
K
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in "Why We Can't Wait," 1963.
R: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in "Why We Can't Wait," 1963.
A: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in "Why We Can't Wait," 1963.
N: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in "Why We Can't Wait," 1963.
K:
 

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