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title: "2 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes"
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# Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and civil di

##  Quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

> [“We're trying to win the right to vote and we have to focus the attention of the world on that. We can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-2/we-re-trying-to-win-the-right-to-vote-and-we-have-to-focus-the/)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

[Public opinion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/public-opinion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-2-991_public-opinion_we-re-trying-to-win-the-right-to-vote-an_1598625.jpg)

> [“we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-2/we-shall-match-your-capacity-to-inflict-suffering-by-our-capacity-to-2/)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

[Inflict](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inflict/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-2-991_inflict_we-shall-match-your-capacity-to-inflict_2841023.jpg)

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