True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Published on January 19, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: In a 1955 response to an accusation that he was “disturbing the peace” by his activism during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, as quoted in Let the Trumpet Sound : A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr (1982) by Stephen B. Oates

True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice. (1)

True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice. (2)

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