When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you …

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.99, Beacon Press
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When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.99, Beacon Press

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