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Breaking silence Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

“We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.” quote by Martin Luther King, Jr — Download Open image

“We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for the victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy, for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our brothers and sisters.”

Martin Luther King, Jr

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