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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“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”
“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”