It is a sad fact that because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fe

It is a sad fact that because of comfort, complacency, a morbid fear of communism, and our proneness to adjust to injustice, the Western nations that initiated so much of the revolutionary spirit of the modern world have now become the arch-antirevolutionaries. – Martin Luther King,Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience, 1968

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A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, 1958

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank

I am convinced that the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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