Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when t…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.62, Beacon Press
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Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.62, Beacon Press

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