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“Be true to what you said on paper.”

Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist known for his nonviolent protest and advocacy for equal rights. His 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 became a significant milestone in the American civil rights movement. more

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“We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.”

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“Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'”

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“I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.”

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“Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.”

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“Don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them. We must use the weapon of love. We must have the compassion and understanding for those who hate us. We must realize so many people are taught to hate us that they are not totally responsible for their hate. But we stand in life at midnight; we are always on the threshold of a new dawn.”

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“I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to the voting booth. That is an important step. We've got to gain the ballot, and through that gain, political power.”

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