We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperat…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings, p.26, Beacon Press
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