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geri west:
I am convinced that love is the most
durable power in the world. It is not
an expression of impractical idealism,
but of practical realism. Far from
being the pious injunction of a Utopian
dreamer, love is an absolute
necessity for the survival of our civilization.
To return hate for hate does
nothing but intensify the existence of evil in
the universe. Someone must
have sense enough and religion enough to cut off
the chain of hate and evil,
and this can only be done through
love.
----Martin Luther King, Jr., 1957