We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. … We must follow nonviolence and love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not seek to get them. We cannot solve this problem through retaliatory violence. We must meet violence with nonviolence. Remember the words of Jesus: "He who lives by the sword will perish by the sword." We must love our white brothers, no matter what they do to us. We must make them know that we love them. Jesus still cries out in words that echo across the centuries: "Love your enemies; bless them that curse you; pray for them that despitefully use you." This is what we must live by. We must meet hate with love. Remember, if I am stopped, this movement will not stop, because God is with the movement. Go home with this glowing faith and this radiant assurance.
Quote Source Information
• King's words after a bomb was thrown into his house in Alabama, on 30 January 1956, in Stride Toward Freedom (1958)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Martin Luther King, Jr." (Quotes, 1950s:
There are often multiple sources for some famous statements by King; as a professional speaker and minister he used some significant phrases with only slight variation many times in his essays, books, and his speeches to different audiences.)
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Name: Flammendes Herz
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Description: English: Flaming heart Deutsch: Flammendes Herz
Date: 23 August 2005
Source: Own work
Author: Lukas Riebling
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