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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker describes a deliberate choice to remain committed to love, because hatred is too heavy to carry. Love is presented not as softness but as the lighter and more sustainable option, since holding hatred weighs down the person who keeps it.

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