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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
         

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.


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