Butch's Blog for 1/13

[Butch Ritter]

Quotations from "Letter from the Birmingham City Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.:

 

-Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

-A negative peace which is the absence of tension is less than a positive peace which is the presence of justice.

-Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. What affects one directly affects all indirectly.

-The contemporary church is often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound.

-We hope that dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted... and the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

 

Butch