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Take Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
- Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure…
- I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk to…
- The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually…
- There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves…
- We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the…
- This will be the day when we shall bring into full realization the dream of American democracy -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of…
- A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice.…
- Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take…
- The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn…
- Don't let anybody take your manhood.
- 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,…
- On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the…
- There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience…
- This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
- Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most…
- Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for…
- 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…
- One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication…
- There are mysteries about out love. Things that neither one of us may ever understand because love is an emotion without limit and understanding. We…
- Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
- The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually…
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