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“Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.”

“[Martin Luther] King subpoened the nation's conscience. He was killed for it.”

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Author:Bill Moyers

“The color of the king doth come and go, Between his purpose and his conscience, Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set: His passion is so ripe, it needs must break.”

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Book:Macbeth. King John

Source: Macbeth. King John

“Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?”

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Book:The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement

Source: The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement

“It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”

“The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.