Nonviolent resistance is not aimed against oppressors, but against oppression.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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There are persons who come to the point that they are so self-centered that they end up with a persecution complex and the end result is insanity. They end up thinking that the universe stands against them, that everybody is against them. They are turning around within themselves. They are little solar systems within themselves and they can’t see beyond that.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What happens in Johannesburg affects Birmingham, however indirectly. We are descendants of the Africans. Our heritage is Africa. We should never seek to break the ties, nor should the Africans.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Human progress comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God. Without this hard work, time itself becomes the ally of the primitive forces of irrational emotionalism and social stagnation. And so we must help time, and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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We must meet violence with nonviolence.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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