We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.45, Beacon Press
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We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). Why We Can't Wait, p.45, Beacon Press

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