And I say to you, I have also decided to stick to love. For I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems. […] And I have seen too much hate. I’ve seen too much hate on the faces of sheriffs in the South. I’ve seen hate on the faces of too many Klansmen and too many White Citizens Councilors in the South to want to hate myself, because every time I see it, I know that it does something to their faces and their personalities and I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher

“Where Do We Go From Here?” Southern Christian Leadership Conference Presidential Address (16 Aug 1967)
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