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I Have Decided to Stick With Love

Martin Luther King Jr.

I’m concerned about a better World. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about brotherhood and sisterhood; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that...

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99K reads, 16 comments

Drum Major Instinct

Martin Luther King Jr.

There is deep down within all of us an instinct. It's a kind of drum major instinct.a desire to be out front, a desire to lead the parade, a desire to be first. And it is something that runs the whole...

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11K reads, 2 comments

Definition of Greatness

Martin Luther King Jr.

The setting is clear. James and John are making a specific request of Jesus -- "Now when you establish your kingdom, let one of us sit on the right hand and the other on the left hand of your throne....

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33K reads, 7 comments

We Shall Overcome

Martin Luther King Jr.

I refuse to accept the idea that the "is-ness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "ought-ness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept the ide...

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20K reads, 2 comments

His Own Eulogy

Martin Luther King Jr.

Every now and then I guess we all think realistically about that day when we will be victimized with what is life's final common denominator--that something we call death. We all think about it...

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103K reads, 59 comments

Love Your Enemy

Martin Luther King Jr.

"Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it. There will come a time, in many instances,...

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5K reads