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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

— Coretta Scott King Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World‎ (2006)

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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969)

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members ... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.

We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.

Harvard class day address (1968)

I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Shadow in the Land : Homosexuality in America (1989)

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You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

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The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

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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.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.

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