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Famous Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
“Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.”
“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
“Life isn't worth living until you have found something worth dying for.”
“You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.”
“Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.”
“Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.”
“I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.”
“Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.”
“I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.”
“As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.”
“There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.”
“Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."”