"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."
Monday, January 19, 2015
MLK Day 2015
If you have never read or listened to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I
have a dream" speech in its entirety then I encourage you to do so
today. I did a few years ago and I found myself overcome with emotion
due to the content of the speech and because of it's clear ordination by
God. There are those who justify the violence, looting and rioting last
summer in Ferguson by proclaiming rioting is the most effective tool of
the disenfranchised. I vehemently disagree and apparently so did Dr. King in this excerpt from his most famous speech.
"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."
"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."
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