"There will be times when nations -- acting individually or in concert -- will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified. I make this statement mindful of what Martin Luther King Jr. said in this same ceremony years ago: 'Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.'…But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by [King's and Gandhi's] examples alone."
You can read the rest of this article:
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and two others dealing with the words and work of MLK JR. at ZNET
this one is just superb:
http://www.zcommunications.org/the-real-...-by-paul-street
You can read the rest of this article:
http://www.zcommunications.org/rememberi...-barbara-ransby
and two others dealing with the words and work of MLK JR. at ZNET
this one is just superb:
http://www.zcommunications.org/the-real-...-by-paul-street