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Martin Luther King was an American clergyman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. One of the leading figures in the civil rights movement, he has had a defining influence on the recent history of the United
States. His assassination in 1968 was met with shock around the world.
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Read the quotes below and discuss them with your students:
"A lie cannot live.”
”Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
"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.”
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."
"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."
"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."
"A riot is the language of the unheard."
"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
"We may have all come on di ff erent ships, but we're in the same boat now."
"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”
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(Source: www.brainyquote.com)
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