Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Strength to Love pt. 4 ch. 3 (1963)
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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon…which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
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viewA 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.
Speech on pulpit, Selma, AL, March 8, 1965. Often condensed into "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.".
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.
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I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.
Speech in Detroit, Michigan, June 23 1963
