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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader. He is best known for his role in advancing civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped... show more

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

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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quote icon We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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