Sunday, January 14, 2007

Reflecting on the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I'm convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. ... When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies. ... True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth with righteous indignation."
-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in a speech titled
“Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”
April 30, 1967

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