The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
Interpretation
The journey towards justice takes time, but ultimately, justice prevails.
This quote suggests that although the path to achieving justice may be lengthy and fraught with challenges, the overarching trend of humanity is toward moral righteousness and fairness. It reflects a hopeful and optimistic view of societal progress, implying that persistent efforts in the pursuit of justice will eventually lead to positive outcomes.
In practice
During a motivational speech about social justice initiatives.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in straight lines.
Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed?
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and community. Now people live more or less on their own in a small house, jealously guarding their goods and planning to acquire more, with a notice on the gate that says, 'Beware of the Dog.
Speech is the mirror of the soul.
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