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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
         

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.


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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.



Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.



The time is always right to do what is right.

The time is always right to do what is right.



I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.




You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.



The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.



Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.



A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.



It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

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For me, love is happiness and inspiration.



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...when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.



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I've always got my eye on my deathbed.



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You broke my heart, Trish Stratus, now I'm gonna break you!



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