"I'm Sorry Sir You Don't Know Me"

Quotes from this speech:
when you go to jail for a righteous cause you can accept the inconveniences of jail with a kind of inner sense of calm and inner sense of peace

I'm gonna continue with all of my might with all of my energy and actions
to oppose the abominable , evil, and unjust war in Vietnam

we must to continue to stand up and we must continue to follow the dictates of our conscience even if that means breaking unjust laws.
non cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as cooperation with good and i do not plan to cooperate with evil at any point.

somebody said to me DR King don't you think you are hurting your leadership by taking a stand against the war in Vietnam. Aren't people who once respected you will lose respect for you and aren't you hurting the budget of your organization and i had to look at that person and say I'm sorry sir but you don't know me.
leadership by looking at the southern Christan leadership budget or taking a poll of the majority opinion.
Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus but he is a molder of consensus.
and on some positions
coward asks the question is it safe
expediency asks the question is it politic
vanity asks the question is it popular
but conscience asks the question is it right
and there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.


---Martin Luther King at Santa Rita
produced by Colin Edwards.

Description: King's speech at a demonstration supporting anti-war activitists imprisoned at the Santa Rita rehabilitation center.

MARTIN LUTHER KING AT SANTA RITA produced by Colin Edwards.
RECORDED: Santa Rita, California, 14 Jan. 1968.

BROADCAST: KPFA, 15 Jan. 1968. (23 min.)BB1460 Pacifica Radio Archives.

This item is part of the collection: Pacifica Radio Archives

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• Martin
• Luther
• King
• Speech
• Peace
• Nonviolence
• War
• Spiritual

[foofight3rs]

"The odd thing about assassins, Dr. King, is that they think they've killed you." - Mohandas K Gandhi

[turtletarian2]

men such as martin luther king jr, ghandi, and john lennon. All amazing men who spoke of a better world all were killed by men filled with hate. Please do not let these mens message die in vain... we all must work together to make there dream come true lets make this world a better place and let the voice of hatred be deathened by the voice of reason.

[photographerevan]

Never, will we ever, forget the power, of Dr. Martin Luther King...

[MsJennums]

@loneranger711 quote was from a comic published in the Chicago Sun Times

[stacyaok]

@Deliyurekhan don't give up my friend - we are here.

[emailishare]

@foofight3rs @loneranger711 the quote came from a cartoon that depicted Gandhi sitting cross-legged in heaven, welcoming MLK with an outstretched hand. So Gandhi never actually said it, but a cartoonist imagined that the two men "knew" each other very well in spirit and in philosophy.

[loneranger711]

@foofight3rs nice quote, but Gandhi died in 1948...MLK would have been 19. they never knew each other.

[tishhead]

@phatdic11 it's not a competition. they were/are different men serving different purposes. as great as MLK was, he didn't allow millions of people to keep the health care they would have lost. king was not a politician. president obama is. and soon as you become one, you're going to piss people off and disappoint them. but you can also get things done that movement leaders can't.

[TheBlackDefender]

@phatdic11 Martin Luther King Jr strongly apposed demeaning other Blacks just so you know.

[Houdini774]

@TheJushie If you remember what he stood for, if you believe in abolishing color lines, if you feel we should love our enemies, bringing hope to the destitute and shed light on every evil dark ideal, then Dr. King is still here.

[TheJushie]

If only if you was still here.