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Own Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line…
- I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the…
- There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape…
- I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one...should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your…
- Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a…
- If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this…
- I judge people by their own principles..not by my own
- They asked if our own nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems, to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions…
- Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I…
- Every now and then I think about my own death, and I think about my own funeral. ... Every now and then I ask myself,…
- A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.
- I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in…
- The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
- Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own…
- It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man…
- Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his…
- Unless you have found something in life to live for that is more important to you than your own life, you will always be a…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov