Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ✨ Speech, Nashville, Tenn., 27 Dec. 1962
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. ✨ Speech, Nashville, Tenn., 27 Dec. 1962

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