
![]() "In the days ahead we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character. We must begin to ask, 'Why are there forty million poor people in a nation overflowing with such unbelievable affluence? Why has our nation placed itself in the position of being God's military agent on earth...? Why have we substituted the arrogant undertaking of policing the whole world for the high task of putting our own house in order?'" —Martin Luther King
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Angie
1/27/2011 02:08:41 pm
Great quote! What King said back in the 60s is still true today. This country is always up in some other country’s business.
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Victor Otero
2/17/2011 03:12:41 pm
Martin Luther King makes a valuable point. We live in a society where we fear to raise our voice because of the judgment we'll receive or the so called "consequences" that await. America. Americans, patriots, religion, morals, value, conformity, racism, hate; all excuses from life to keep us occupied and distracted. In life we are taught basic values: live, learn and grow. Moreover, as an American, we are also taught that we, as individuals, have every right to express ourselves, therefore giving us 'freedom', by the constitution we directly or indirectly breathe, and clinging to our constitution; are we really free? Or do we not know what 'free' is because we've just accepted our lives because we are told it is free? In truth, what is said is not always justified. We are given guidelines and the experience is based off our actions. It has been said that 'laws are ways to restrict man' and America, our home, our start, our refuge, our teacher, restricts men more than any other country in the world.
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