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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.