10/20/1981
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"Much of his dream has become reality, but much is still to be achieved."
"Let us be grateful for the providence that sends among us men and women with the courage and vision to stand peacefully but unyieldingly for what is right."
"If we do this, then his sacrifice will not have been in vain, and we will have helped to make our country the special place we all know in our hearts that it was meant to be."
"Martin Luther King, Jr., showed us how much good a single life, well led, can accomplish."