Quote of the Day

"America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from molding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood.

This kind of positive revolution of values is our best defense against communism. War is not the answer. Communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs or nuclear weapons. Let us not join those who shout war and through their misguided passions urge the United States to relinquish its participation in the United Nations. These are days which demand wise restraint and calm reasonableness. We must not call everyone a Communist or an appeaser who advocates the seating of Red China in the United Nations and who recognizes that hate and hysteria are not the final answers to the problem of these turbulent days. We must not engage in a negative anti-communism, but rather in a positive thrust for democracy, realizing that our greatest defense against communism is to take offensive action in behalf of justice. We must with positive action seek to remove thosse conditions of poverty, insecurity and injustice which are the fertile soil in which the seed of communism grows and develops."
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (in his famous 'Beyond Vietnam' speech-- April 4, 1967)

He said at that time that he felt obligated to break his silence on the war of that era. He said he understand it would hurt his reputation, confuse some who saw him solely as a civil rights activist, but he believed it the right thing to do. History has shown him to be correct, though he was labeled a subversive and radical by most for his words when he spoke them.

It's time for those in Congress who know our current path is wrong to break their silence.