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title: "3 Luther Quotes By Ralph Abernathy"
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> [I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-loved-martin-luther-king-more-than-a-brother/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

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> [I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-have-suffered-as-much-as-martin-luther-king-only-i-didn-t-get-the/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

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> [I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-wanted-to-show-that-martin-luther-king-was-simply-a-human-being-not/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

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## Other authors on Luther

## More by Ralph Abernathy

> [I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-m-sick-and-tired-of-black-and-white-people-of-good-intent-giving/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/christians-should-be-ready-for-a-change-because-jesus-was-the/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-loved-martin-luther-king-more-than-a-brother/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-will-always-be-open-to-receive-my-friends-i-will-not-force-myself/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [History will treat me right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/history-will-treat-me-right/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-went-to-jail-44-times-i-ve-been-beaten-and-left-for-dead-on-the/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-don-t-know-what-the-future-may-hold-but-i-know-who-holds-the-future/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-have-suffered-as-much-as-martin-luther-king-only-i-didn-t-get-the/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [It's not the name they call you, it's the name you answer to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/it-s-not-the-name-they-call-you-it-s-the-name-you-answer-to/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/he-told-us-he-was-going-to-take-crime-out-of-the-streets-he-did-he/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [If you see a good fight, get in it and fight to win it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/if-you-see-a-good-fight-get-in-it-and-fight-to-win-it/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/i-am-not-going-to-say-i-have-been-a-saint-i-have-not-been-a-perfect/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/everything-i-learned-about-the-great-depression-was-from-a-college/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/not-only-are-a-voteless-people-a-hopeless-people-a-non-producing/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

> [Violence is the weapon of the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-abernathy/violence-is-the-weapon-of-the-weak/)

[Ralph Abernathy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-abernathy/)

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