History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period o…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ✨ Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr, Plume
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History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. ✨ Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr, Plume

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