by douglas reeser on 5.16.11
"There are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize. I say very honestly that I never intend to become adjusted to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism, to self-defeating effects of physical violence."
A snippet of a speech given by Dr Martin Luther King at Western Michigan University on Dec 18th, 1963.
You can read a transcript of the entire speech here>>>
unfortunately, more often than not, we're all a bit maladjusted...some just more than others...
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet from a great speech. It's unfortunate that more people are not maladjusted. And equally unfortunate is that we can't align our maladjustments to be equally adjusted.
ReplyDeleteThese words aren't thought about enough. And that is why I am sickened.
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