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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes: We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive
         

We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive


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We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive
         



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This page presents the quote "We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already alive". Author of this quote is Martin Luther King Jr.. This quote is about nonviolence, empathy, tension, oppression, confronting-privilege, racism, nonviolent-conflict-resolution, social-justice, white-privilege,.