Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King was the leader of the civil rights movement in America.

[change] Quotes

  • Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
    • Simple: Black like night can't make black like night go away. Only light can make black go away. Hate can't make hate go away. Only love can do that.
  • A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
    • Simple: A real leader doesn't look for a way to have everyone agree but creates a way to have everyone agree.


  • A lie cannot live.
    • Simple: Something which is not true cannot continue to exist.


  • A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
    • Simple: A man can't climb on your back and let you carry him unless your back is bent.
  • A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
    • Simple: If a man wont die for a cause then he shouldn't live
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