Sublime

Three white men approached Lamar Smith, who during World War II had enlisted in the Army at the age of forty-nine, and who now, having returned from the war to build up a profitable farm, had enlisted in another battle: “He was determined,” an admirer would say, “that his people would have a say in local government.” The three men warned Smith to s

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

Americans organizing against exploitation are the spiritual descendants of the best of the American labor movement and the modern-day realization of King’s multiracial antipoverty crusade. In defying economic injustice and unfair taxes, they are the true heirs of 1776.[5]

When the underprivileged demand freedom, the privileged at first react with bitterness and resistance.

Yet these many found ways—huge or humble, overtly or covertly, vocally or silently—to cash King’s check.

The humanist’s hope is an illusion, based on too great an optimism concerning the inherent goodness of human nature.