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loyalsister

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83. I have been going through quotes from Martin Luther Kin Jr.

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 07:16 AM

Dec 2014

I'm noticing that some of the affirmative statements he made can only make sense in the form of a question.

For example...

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. Martin Luther King, Jr. ?????????????

One question he did ask is more relevant now than ever. Despite educational efforts, so many white people still believe that blacks are unreasonably and extremely angry (despite the generous efforts on the part of white people), or particularly prone to violence. There seems to be an ongoing effort, even among some liberals I know, to use MLK quotes to denounce the violence we have seen in STL.

"Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else?" MLK Jr.

It's sad to see that many of his the most discouraging observations still apply.

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." Martin Luther King, Jr.

Right now, it is heartbreaking to read his "I Have A Dream" speech.

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I have been going through quotes from Martin Luther Kin Jr. loyalsister Dec 2014 #83

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