Martin Luther King Jr. Really Understood The Role Of The Churches When He Said, 'The Church Is Not Meant To Be The Master Of The State.' We Don't Sort Of Take Power And Grab The Levers Of Government And Impose Our Agenda Down People's Throats. - SearchQuotes

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Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.

Jim Wallis

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