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I just want to do

I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.
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One who condones evils is

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.
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A nation or civilization that

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
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If a man is called

If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, "Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."
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If we are to go

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
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Cowardice asks the question -

Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness;

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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True compassion is more than

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.
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But I know somehow, that

But I know somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
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If a man is called

If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
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