From Martin Luther King Jr. “You don’t measure patriotism by you’re willingness / ability – to kill” “… were never for civil rights in the first place”: in response to IGNORANT reference to threat to withdraw funding for civil rights / work “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” it is a tragic period in our nation where dissent is equated with disloyalty (paraphrased) i “For years I labored with the idea of reforming the existing institutions of the society, a little change here, a little change there. Now I feel quite differently. I think you’ve got to have a reconstruction of the entire society, a revolution of values.” “One day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” The church has been nothing but the slave of society; whenever the mores call for evil practices, society runs to the church to get its sanction. Therefore I conclude that the church, in its present state, is not the hope of the world. I believe that nothing has so persistently and effectively blocked the way of salvation as the church.” MLK Jr. crystally clearly reiterates his Anti-Vietnam War lecture at Riverside Church—NYC, April, 1967, and clarity about war and human decency - in this interview with Mike Douglas in late 1967: :
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