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In a controversial speech by Lee Kuan Yew who served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 – 1990, he has a really great line about conviction:
“I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind, an inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows. Whichever way the media encourages the pe... See more
There is one overmastering problem that the socially and politically disinherited always face: Under what terms is survival possible?
Howard Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
King despaired. After nearly three years, his relationship with President Kennedy had run out of room. Although the movement needed federal intervention more than ever, realism told King he could not pressure President Kennedy an inch further. Brooding, he took the young Justice Department lawyer Thelton Henderson privately aside. “I’m concerned ab
... See moreTaylor Branch • Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65
Every religion professes the sacredness of human rights, but Catholic officials rationalized their discrimination “for fear of alienating souls.”
John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi, Studs Terkel • Black Like Me
