The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Subject:
Success   
Men   
Work: Strength to Love, 1963
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
Life   
Hate   
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Subject:
Life   
Silence   
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
Wisdom   
Truth   
Work: Accepting Nobel Peace Price, Dec. 10, 1964
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Subject:
Friendship   
Enemy   
Silence   
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Subject:
Character   
Hope & Dreams   
Discrimination   
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
Friendship   
Enemy   
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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
Forgiveness   
Hate   
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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Subject:
Freedom   
Courage   
Change   
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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Subject:
Equality   
Progress   
Justice   
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Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Subject:
Faith   
Encouragement   
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I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.
Subject:
Hope & Dreams   
Equality   
Justice   
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Subject:
Love & Romance   
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The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Subject:
Justice   
Morality   
World   
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Subject:
Character   
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We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
Subject:
War   
Peace   
Virtue   
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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 power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary."
Subject:
Ability   
Power   
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I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Subject:
Hope & Dreams   
Life   
Philosophical   
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The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
Subject:
Conflict   
Morality   
Discrimination   
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Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.
Subject:
Community   
Justice   
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