An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
GosD’s treasured picture…of MLK and University of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh at 1964 rally at Soldier Field, singing We shall Overcome. It was here that Father Hesburgh endorsed the Civil Rights Act, which was waiting for LBJ’s signature. Her picture was autographed by Father Hesburgh, when she was a student.
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