Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the surviv…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, p.225, Beacon Press
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Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, p.225, Beacon Press

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