Apparently, if you're good enough, you can get away with plagiarism.  Machiavelli ya'll.   https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/02/10/5-great-people-who-plagiarized/   In the end though, Boston University did investigate the allegations of plagiarism and, in 1991, found that King’s dissertation did contain plagiarism. However, while the school appended a note to the dissertation, it declined to revoke his degree saying that the dissertation, despite its shortcomings, still co