Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

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If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity. – Nelson DeMille

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. – Barry Goldwater

“I” cannot reach fulfillment without “thou.” The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

We need not join the mad rush to purchase an earthly fallout shelter. God is our eternal fallout shelter. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

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