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We shall have to repent in this generation , not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

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    tendremos que arrepentirnos en esta generación, no tanto por las malas acciones de los impíos, sino por el espantoso silencio de los buenos.

    我們將不得不在這一代人中悔改,而不是為了邪惡的人民的惡行,而是為了善良的人民的駭人聽聞的沉默。

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