"Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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“In time we hate that which we often fear.”
— William Shakespeare
“Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt