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Martin Luther King, Jr.2 quotes
One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1963George Jackson1 quote
Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice. — George Jackson · 1965Mahatma Gandhi1 quote
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show to my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiples evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Mary McLeod Bethune1 quote
If we simply accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... That smacks of discrimination or slander. — Mary McLeod Bethune · 1944Milan Kundera1 quote
The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. — Milan Kundera · 1979