The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.
Category Archive: Martin Luther King
Seeing is not always believing.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society… shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.