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Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and was one of America's greatest orators. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races). On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Acceptance · 27 fans >>
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"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."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Adversity · 12 fans >>
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"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Age and Aging · 6 fans >>
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"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Disappointments · 9 fans >>
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"No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Dissatisfaction · 6 fans >>
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"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: -- we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Dreams · 2 fans >>
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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation when they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

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"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal"

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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Evil · 8 fans >>
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"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."

King Jr. Martin Luther · Excellence · 4 fans >>
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