One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ✨ Dr. Martin Lu…

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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.60, Beacon Press
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