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"Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance."
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"A promise is something that has been given but not yet realized."

"Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life. This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love, but it does mean that you will find unusual stresses upon your lives and your relationship."

"Yes, there's plenty of fish in the sea, but be gifted with a rare catch: that one which lives with "forever faithfulness.""

"To have and hold. Not forever, maybe-not forever, for sure-and not figuratively. But literally. And now. Now, he was hers."

"I will look the part. I will act the part. I will deliver that which I have promised to deliver."

"Let your true love be your lifetime treasure and beyond."

"I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me."

"The follower aspires with all his strength to be what he admires. And then, remarkably enough, even though he lives amongst a 'Christian people,' he incurs the same peril as he did when it was dangerous to openly confess Christ. And because of the follower's life, it will become evident who the admirers are, for the admirers will become agitated with him. Even these words will disturb many - but then they must likewise belong to the admirers."

"Commitment is a thing of choice, not a thing of force."

"Dearest," she murmured, "as you know, there was a time when it didn't matter to me whether I married a man I loved or not... it seemed enough just to get my family out of the desperate situation we were in. But when I thought about what it would be like to share a bed with my husband... to spend the rest of my life with him... I knew Simon was the only choice." She paused, and sudden tears glittered her eyes. Beautiful, self-possessed Annabelle, who hardly ever cried. "When I'm ill," she continued in a husky voice, "when I'm afraid, when I need something, I know he will move heaven and earth to make everything all right. I trust him with every fiber of my being. And when I see the child we created, the two of us mingled forever in her... my God, how grateful I am that I married Simon."
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"If you can get the proper definition of trouble, then we can find out who the real troublemakers are."

"I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining."

"The United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world."

"We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution."

"I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known."

"Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls."

"I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy."

"My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order."

"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"
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