Originally Posted By gadzuux From today's Atlanta Journal Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker - Dr King speaking of his opposition to the vietnam war ... "I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart ... I knew I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government." The more things change ...
Originally Posted By thenurmis I do not have a quote, but I watched an interview that MLK did, on the Mike Douglas show, years ago. He was very much against the Vietnam war, and thought it a conflict unwinable, and unjust. I struck me clearly , that had he been alive today, I can not believe he would be supportive of the war in Iraq. He was 100% behind the troops, he just didn't agree with America being in a conflict that made them look like an oppressor, not a libirator. He was a great man, one worthy of admiration, and respect. a true World hero and leader
Originally Posted By friendofdd Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Dec 1964) I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land. Most of these people will never make the headlines and their names will not appear in Who's Who. Yet when years have rolled past and when the blazing light of truth is focused on this marvelous age in which we live -- men and women will know and children will be taught that we have a finer land, a better people, a more noble civilization -- because these humble children of God were willing to suffer for righteousness' sake.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true. MLK JR
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. MLK JR
Originally Posted By Lisann22 The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. MLK JR, Strength to Love, 1963
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "There is nothing more dangerous than to build a society, with a large segment of people in that society, who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have a stake in their society, protect that society, but when they don't have it, they unconsciously want to destroy it." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. " "Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. " "Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. " All MLK, Jr.
