The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.
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Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic' But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.Martin King
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.The Trumpet of Conscience
Martin King
Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
Martin King
Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
Martin King
Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's fle
Martin King
We refuse to believe that there is insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
Martin King
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