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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed to the light of human conscience before it can be cured.
         

Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed to the light of human conscience before it can be cured.


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This page presents the quote "Like a boil that must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed to the light of human conscience before it can be cured.". Author of this quote is Martin Luther King, Jr.. This quote is about conscience, light, medicine, natural, exposed, air, injustice, ugliness,.