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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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Every human conflict, the speaker says, needs a method that turns away from revenge, aggression and retaliation. Love is named as the foundation of such a method. It's a call for people to evolve beyond answering harm with harm.

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