Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating tha…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.62, Beacon Press
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