Martin King
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accepts american-leader arouse breaks community conscience expressing highest individual jail law penalty reality respect staying submit tells unjust willingly
I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
adding darkness deeper descending devoid night returning ultimate violence weakness
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with violence only multiplies voilence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
creatively forever great hope realize time
We must use time creatively -- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
positively silent
To be silent is to acknowledge, to positively reinforce.