About Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 – 1968
American Baptist minister and civil rights activist whose leadership was instrumental in the American civil rights movement. His words on justice, love, and courage endure as moral touchstones.
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“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are also worthy of love and belonging.”
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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
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“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past.”