10 Of Martin Luther King’s Most Powerful Quotes

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"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."

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"There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November."

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"A riot is the language of the unheard."

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

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"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

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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."

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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

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"Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last."

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."