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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“Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.”