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'The universe is so structured that things do not quite work out rightly if men are not diligent in their concern for others. The self cannot be self without other selves. I cannot reach fulfillment without thou. Social psychologists tell us that we cannot truly be persons unless we interact with other persons. All life is interrelated. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality...'
— Sep 03, 2024 09:36AM
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'True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force - tension, confusion, or war; it is the presence of some positive force - justice, good will, and brotherhood.'
— Jan 20, 2025 07:17PM
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'[The American people] have been persuaded to accept token victories as indicative of genuine and satisfactory progress.... ["Tokenism"] is a pallative which relieves emotional distress, but leaves the disease and its ravages unaffected. It tends to demobilize and relax the militant spirit which alone drives us forward to real change.'
— Sep 02, 2024 07:41AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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...the dream of a land where every man will respect the dignity and worth of human personality--this is the dream. When it is realized, the jangling discords of our nation will be transformed into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood, and men everywhere will know that America is truly the land of the free and the home of the brave.'
— Jan 18, 2024 06:38AM
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'We are simply seeking to bring into full realization the American dream--a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men no longer argue that the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character...
— Jan 18, 2024 06:38AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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'...In a real sense, the means represent the ideal in the making and the end in process. So in the long run, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends, because the end is preexistent in the means.'
— Jan 18, 2024 06:16AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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'...It also makes it possible for the individual to struggle to secure moral ends through moral means. One of the most persistent philosophical debates of the centuries has been over the question of ends and means. There have been those from Machiavelli on down who have argued that the end justifies the means...'
— Jan 18, 2024 06:16AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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'The method of nonviolent resistance is effective in that it has a way of disarming the opponent, it exposes his moral defenses, it weakens his morale and at the same time it works on his conscience.
— Jan 18, 2024 06:12AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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'The Constitution assured the right to vote, but there is no such assurance of the right to adequate housing, or the right to an adequate income. And yet, in a nation which has a gross national product of 750 billion dollars a year [in 1966], it is morally right to insist that every person has a decent house, an adequate education and enough money to provide basic necessities for one's family.'
— Aug 06, 2023 08:57AM
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'Before the victory is won some may have to get scarred up, but we shall overcome. Before the victory of brotherhood is achieved, some will maybe face physical death, but we shall overcome. Before the victory is won, some will lose jobs, some will be called communists, and reds, merely because they believe in brotherhood... but we shall overcome.'
— Jan 15, 2023 09:07AM
iosephvs bibliothecarivs
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2/2 'So individuals in the struggle must come to realize that it is necessary to aid time, that without this kind of aid, time itself will become an ally of the insurgent and primitive forces of social stagnation.'
— Aug 28, 2022 08:15PM
