Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges."
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I Have A Dream Speech
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Leader
"We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt."
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"When we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city..."
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"Let us not wallow in the valley of despair."
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"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire."
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"America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'"
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