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Thinker · 1929–1968

Martin Luther King Jr.

Pastor, organizer, prophet. Bound American civil rights to the long arc of moral conscience. Was killed for it at 39.

Contributions
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail
  • I Have a Dream — March on Washington
Words that traveled
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
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If you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
— Martin Luther King Jr.