Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also … - Bayard Rustin
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also …
- Bayard Rustin
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. - Bayard Rustin
We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . . - Bayard Rustin
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble. - Bayard Rustin
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. - Bayard Rustin
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. - Bayard Rustin
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a s… - Bayard Rustin
If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a s…
If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the powe… - Bayard Rustin
If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the powe…
God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying. - Bayard Rustin
God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.
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