“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
Courage“We must use time creatively.”
Time“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.”
Courage“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.”
Great“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
History“It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.”
Society“We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
Life“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
Faith“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
Time“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
Legal“Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.”
Forgiveness“We must use time creatively.”
Time“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Freedom“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'”
Good“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”
Equality“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Hope“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.”
War“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”
Love“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
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