A Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American - Leader
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. To return hate for hate does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Someone must have sense enough and religion enough to cut off the chain of hate and evil, and this can only be done through love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love is the most durable power in the world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther

Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.

Henri Bergson

Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.

Richard M. Nixon

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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John McCain

The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Monique Roffey

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Michael Ignatieff

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Richard Hofstadter

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