"But now I must affirm that it..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
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“We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."”
“Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.”
“Every person must stand up and be accountable, but be responsible for their actions.”
More on Morality
“I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above it. One who really hates wickedness will practice goodness in such a way that wickedness will have no chance to get at him. Is there anyone who has devoted his whole strength to doing good for even as long as a single day? I have not seen anyone give up such an attempt because he had not the strength to go on. Perhaps there is such a case, but I have never seen it.”
“There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.”
“Think nothing profitable to you which compels you to break a promise, to lose your self respect, to hate any person, to curse, to act the hypocrite.”
More on Ethics
“Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life”
“Ethics evolve naturally, and we trample upon them with laws created by reason and experience.”
“The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.”