It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. ✨ 1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. ✨ 1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.

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