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“Let no man pull you as low as to hate him.” (The Most Durable Power).
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“True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force- tension, confusion or war; it is the presence of some positive force - justice, goodwill and brotherhood.” (Nonviolence and Racial Justice). “The method of nonviolence is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice" (Nonviolence and Racial Justice).
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“True nonviolent resistance is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love.” (My Trip to the Land of Gandhi)
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“I conclude that this award which I receive on behalf of that movement is profound recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time -- the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to violence and oppression.” (Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech)
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“I know you are asking today, ‘How long will it take?’ I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth pressed to the earth will rise again.”
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“Nonviolence is a powerful demand for reason and justice. If it is rudely rebuked it is not transformed into resignation and passivity.” (Next Stop: The North)
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“Not a single person has been killed in a nonviolent demonstration.”
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“A time comes when silence is betrayal.”
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If I had sneezed, I wouldn't have had a change later that year, in August, to try to tell America about a dream that I had had. If I had sneezed, I wouldn't have been down in Selma, Alabama, to see the great movement there. If I had sneezed, I wouldn't have been in Memphis to see a community rally around those brothers and sisters who are suffering. I’m so happy I didn’t sneeze." (I See the Promised Land)
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