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On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born: Jan 15, 1929
Died: Apr 4, 1968

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