Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter - but beautiful - struggle for a new world.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of commitment to the ongoing fight for a better world despite the challenges involved.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s quote inspires us to engage deeply in the arduous journey toward social justice and positive transformation. It highlights the dual nature of struggle, recognizing it as both painful and valuable in the quest for a better future. The call to 'begin' and 'rededicate' ourselves indicates the need for renewed dedication to causes that require persistent effort and resilience.
In practice
This quote can be used during a rally for social justice to inspire participants.
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.
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
Trump's election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
Please, please stop saying that Ukraine is a corrupt country, because from now, it's not true. We want to change this image.
It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically.
'Me Too' became the way to succinctly and powerfully connect with other people and give people permission to start their journey to heal.
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