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10 Famous Quotes From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Today is a celebration of Dr King! For those who do not know, Martin Luther King Jr was born January 15, 1929. In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday act for Dr King Day to be observed every 3rd Monday every January, every year.

In honor of this day, I want to do a countdown of 10 Famous Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“ The great problem facing modern man is that, that the means by which we live have outdistanced the spiritual ends for which we live. So we find ourselves caught in a messed-up world. The problem is with man himself and man's soul. We haven't learned how to be just and honest and kind and true and loving. And that is the basis of our problem. The real problem is that through our scientific genius we've made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we've failed to make of it a brotherhood. And the great danger facing us today is not so much the atomic bomb that was created by physical science. Not so much that atomic bomb that you can put in an aeroplane and drop on the heads of hundreds and thousands of people — as dangerous as that is. But the real danger confronting civilization today is that atomic bomb which lies in the hearts and souls of men, capable of exploding into the vilest of hate and into the most damaging selfishness — that's the atomic bomb that we've got to fear today. ” — Martin Luther King Jr.