Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.” This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. “We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. " I Have A Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963 "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." "Letter from Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963 Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. " Letter From Birmingham Jail," April 16, 1963 “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” "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." “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart” sermon, August 30, 1959 Science deals mainly with facts religion deals mainly with values. Science gives man knowledge, which is power religion gives man wisdom, which is control. "Science investigates religion interprets. "True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice."
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