Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience … - Martin Luther King Jr.
" "Cowardice 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 one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right
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About Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (15 January 1929 – 4 April 1968) was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize of 1964. He was the husband of Coretta Scott King, and father of Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III.
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Many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. The tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. Not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideals hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different.
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Jamás he sido partidario de atentar contra la ley o eludirla como harían los secesionistas fanáticos. Eso nos llevaría a la anarquía. Quien desobedece una ley debe hacerlo abiertamente, amorosamente […] y estando dispuesto a aceptar el castigo. Sostengo que el individuo que infringe una ley por creerla sinceramente injusta y acepta voluntariamente el castigo quedándose en la cárcel para agitar la conciencia de la comunidad en cuanto a su injusticia, está de hecho expresando un enorme respeto por la ley.
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