The thing that we need in the world today, is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they’re never caught up with. Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.
Interpretation
We need courageous individuals who will stand for what is right, regardless of the consequences.
This quote emphasizes the importance of integrity and moral courage in society. Martin Luther King, Jr. calls for individuals to stand up against injustices and to do what is right, even when it's unpopular or unnoticed. He believes that true character is shown not just by public actions but also by the quiet, personal choices that reflect one's values in everyday life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about social justice at a community gathering.
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.
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.
I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.
When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.
I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.
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