"The purpose of direct action is to..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.
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“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.”
“Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.”
“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.”
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“The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom”
“I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.”
“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”
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“In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politicians’ fingerprints on the murder weapon.”
“Close the playand keep the store open nights.”
“In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer.”