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In the vast wheel of industry, he sees men as hands. In the massive wheel of big city life, he sees men as digits in a multitude. In the deadly wheel of army life, he sees men as numbers in a regiment. He depersonalizes life.
Martin Luther King Jr. • Strength to Love
Martin Luther King Jr. observed that there was a violent civil war raging within each and every person—between our good and bad impulses, between our ambitions and our principles, between what we can be and how hard it is to actually get there.
In those battles, in that war, stillness is the river and the railroad junction through which so much depe
... See moreYet these many found ways—huge or humble, overtly or covertly, vocally or silently—to cash King’s check.
Clyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
Let us never succumb to the temptation of believing that legislation and judicial decrees play only minor roles in solving this problem. Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. The law cannot make an employer love an employee, but it can prevent hi
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In Hamer’s vision, it was the onus of all Americans committed to social justice to address the unfinished work of democracy. “We need people to work for freedom, now! Not freedom tomorrow, but we want freedom now,” she declared.101 And
Keisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Dr. King’s speech itself served as a visceral reminder of the belief shared by everyone who stood there listening. And that speech was about what he believed, not how they were going to do it. He gave the “I Have a Dream” speech, not the “I Have a Plan” speech. It was a statement of purpose and not a comprehensive twelve-point plan to achieving civ
... See moreSimon Sinek • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
why, we ask, do these things occur if God is able to prevent them?
Martin Luther King Jr. • Strength to Love
