"Through violence you may murder a liar but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that."
— Homicide

January 1, 1970

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Martin Luther King, Jr., "Where Do We Go From Here?" (Address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (16 August 1967).