Jamás he sido partidario de atentar contra la ley o eludirla como harían los secesionistas fanáticos. Eso nos llevaría a la anarquía. Quien desobedec… - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jamás he sido partidario de atentar contra la ley o eludirla como harían los secesionistas fanáticos. Eso nos llevaría a la anarquía. Quien desobedece una ley debe hacerlo abiertamente, amorosamente […] y estando dispuesto a aceptar el castigo. Sostengo que el individuo que infringe una ley por creerla sinceramente injusta y acepta voluntariamente el castigo quedándose en la cárcel para agitar la conciencia de la comunidad en cuanto a su injusticia, está de hecho expresando un enorme respeto por la ley.

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About Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize of 1964. He was the husband of Coretta Scott King, and father of Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III.

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Birth Name: Michael King Jr.
Alternative Names: Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Michael King Dr. King M. L. King M.L. King ML King MLK Martin Luther King Junior Michael King Junior
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God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able.

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Beyond the war years the grim and tortured struggle of Negroes to win their own freedom is an epic of battle against frightful odds. If we have failed to do enough, it was not the will for freedom that was weak, but the forces against us which were too strong.

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