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Left Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow…
- I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say…
- I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord"…
- I choose to identify with the underprivileged, I choose to give my life for the hungry, I choose to give my life for those who…
- I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity
- There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a law-abiding universe. This…
- You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time…
- My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty…
- Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that…
- God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left…
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