We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
Interpretation
The quote expresses hope in the justice system and the belief that it can provide fairness.
In this quote, Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes the importance of faith in justice and the belief that it is still attainable, even amidst challenges and failures. He insists that the concept of justice should not be seen as exhausted or devoid of value, and he urges society to remain steadfast in the pursuit of equity and moral righteousness. King's words inspire perseverance and optimism in the struggle for civil rights and social justice.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for social justice reforms.
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.
We have to work together in order to prove that genocidal campaigns will fail and lead to accountability of the perpetrators and bring justice for survivors.
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5 - 4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.
During the Jim Crow era, poll taxes and literacy tests kept the African-Americans from polls. But today, felon disenfranchisement laws accomplished what poll taxes and literacy tests ultimately could not, because those laws were struck down. But felony disenfranchisement laws had been allowed to stand.
The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they commit. Crime is the natural offspring of an unjust society.
I knew then and I know now, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it.
In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.
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