Non violent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of passivity with arraying himself in vindictive force.
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A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.Martin King
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Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic' 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 because conscience tells one it is right.
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