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Martin Luther King, Jr.

American civil rights activist; b. 1929; d. 1968

Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 1999

The time is always right to do what is right

Martin Luther King, Jr., in Vice and Virtue

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1998)

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr., in Vice and Virtue

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 1997

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Martin Luther King, Jr., in Altruism and Cynicism

#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 1997

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr., in Vice and Virtue

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