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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:53 PM
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A lesser known MLK quote, but an all time favorite of mine
Love is not the answer. It is the assignment.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:56 PM
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1. I contend that MLK...
was probably one of the greatest men to ever walk this planet. I love that quote!
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:12 AM
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5. I contend that you are right.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:58 PM
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2. I like this one too ---
"So this morning, as I look into your eyes and into the eyes of all my brothers in Alabama and all over America and over the world, I say to you 'I love you. I would rather die than hate you' " - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr - November 17, 1957

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Fireweed247 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 11:58 PM
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3. simple yet so profound
"God is Love" is my favorite. Kinda ruins the fundies whole philosophy...
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Idealism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:10 AM
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4. Not sure how well known this one is, but it is my MLK favorite:
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-09 12:13 AM
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6. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
:patriot: Good day to you, sir! We have followed your lead, black and white, rich and poor, Protestant, Catholic, Jew, Muslim. And we wait for a better world.

It's coming...
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