Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
Interpretation
It emphasizes the importance of standing up against what is wrong, even when it is widely accepted.
This quote by Pablo Casals highlights the need for individual courage and integrity in a world where wrongdoing may be normalized or accepted. It serves as a reminder that one should not conform to societal pressures or accept negative behaviors, but rather take a stand for what is right and just.
In practice
This quote can be used during a speech about social justice and activism.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that's terrorism, too.
On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
My resolution, standing with the vast majority of Americans who know we can and must be safer, is to cede no ground to those who would convince us the path is too steep, or we too weak.
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