God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.
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The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man looks for injustice first of all in himself.
“The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per … Read More
Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help to protect them from racial discrimination. The new ‘niggers’ are gays. It is in this sense that gay people are the new barometer for social change. The question of social change should be framed with the most vulnerable group in mind: gay people.
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The proof that one truly believes is in action.
“The proof that one truly believes is in action.” Bayard … Read More
Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me.
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You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people.
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Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.
“Bigotrys birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where … Read More
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
“I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.” Bayard Rustin
When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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My activism did not spring from being black…The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family.
“My activism did not spring from being black…The racial injustice that … Read More
The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .
“The real radical is that person who has a vision of … Read More
When I say I love Eastland, it sounds preposterous a man who brutalizes people. But you love him or you wouldn’t be here. You’re going to Mississippi to create social change and you love Eastland in your desire to create conditions which will redeem his children. Loving your enemy is manifest in putting your arms not around the man but around the social situation, to take power from those who misuse it at which point they can become human too.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
“If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then … Read More
Both morally and practically, segregation is to me a basic injustice. Since I believe it to be so, I must attempt to remove it. There are three ways in which one can deal with an injustice. (a) One can accept it without protest. (b) On can seek to avoid it. (c) One can resist the injustice non-violently. To accept it is to perpetuate it.
“Both morally and practically, segregation is to me a basic injustice. … Read More
If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is thereby strengthened. And to the degree that it is strengthened, it will, thereby, have the power to turn on me.
“If I do not fight bigotry wherever it is, bigotry is … Read More
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
“To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were … Read More
The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don’t turn
“The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need … Read More
Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless you are out here fighting for yourself then nobody else will help you. I think the gay community has a moral obligation to continue the fight.
“Gays are beginning to realize what blacks learned long ago: Unless … Read More
You have to join every other movement for the freedom of people. Therefore join the movement as individuals against anti-Semitism, join the movements for the rights of Hispanics, the rights of women, the rights of gays. In other words, I think that each movement has to stand on its own feet because it has a particular agenda, but it can ask other people.
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Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
“Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be … Read More