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Individual Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism…
- Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.
- Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts…
- I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made. No…
- Truth is not to be found either in traditional capitalism or in Marxism. Each represents a partial truth. Historically, capitalism failed to discern the truth…
- As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases…
- Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than…
- ...love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just…
- Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power.…
- An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of…
- There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what…
- Within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come to see this,…
- It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without,…
- There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
- 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…
- An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
- Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern…
- There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.
- In a world facing the revolt of ragged and hungry masses of God's children; in a world torn between the tensions of East and West,…
- What I'm saying to you this morning is that Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the Kingdom of…
- Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths…
- The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school…
- In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with…
- Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat…
- We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent…
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- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough
- Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they… — Margaret Atwood
- Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it. — Michele Bachmann
- The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy. — Michele Bachmann
- I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what… — Michele Bachmann
- The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion -… — Michele Bachmann
- An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by… — Alain Badiou