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"...when you have to concoct an answer for a five-year-old son who is asking, 'Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?'"

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"Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?"

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“There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.”

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“Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, Wait.”

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"Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists... Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood, Martin Luther King, Jr."

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"My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent-resister may sound rather shocking ... I have earnestly opposed violent tension but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth."

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"The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws; just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

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“We have waited for more that 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights.

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“When you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you”

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"We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists[legal expert], that 'justice too long delayed is justice denied'

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"But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery?"

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“[Civil disobedience] was practiced superbly by the early Christians”

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“One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty”

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"In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist, that would lead to anarchy."

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"There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair."

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"It was practiced superbly by the early Christians, who were willing to face hingry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks rather than submit to certain unjust laws of the Roman Empire."

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"Yours for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights."

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"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty."

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"This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

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My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

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“For years now I have heard the word “wait!” It rings in the ear of every negro with piercing familiarity

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"One has not only a legal but moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws"

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Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber..."

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"Though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continue to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label."

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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws"

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"My Deat Fellow Clergymen..."

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"One has not a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws."

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"I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience."

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" ... then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait"

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“Socrates used to explain one of the roles a teacher takes when instructing a student; he asserted that sometimes a teacher has to metaphorically sting or provoke a student’s thinking

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"My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent- register may sound rather shocking."

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“When you suddenly find your young twisted to explain to your six year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on the television.”

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“I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but their is a type of constructive , nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth”

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"Though I was initially disappointed at being categorized by an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist..."

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“Will we be extremists for preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice?"

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"But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters..."

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This nation cannot survive half slave and half free.

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"'Wait' it rings in the ear of every negro with piercing familiarity "

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“When you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a negro... I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience”

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"But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your brothers and sisters at whim...

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"Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber"

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“Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

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"I hope you are able to see the distinction I am trying to point out. In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy.

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"We know through painful experience that freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor."

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King questions the logic of condemning nonviolent protesters for inciting violence by using other analogies to expose their hyoocr

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“We must come to see, with one of our differences stinguished jurists that “justice too long delayed is justice denied”

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"Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber"

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"It was practiced superbly by the early Chritians, who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain .... to certain unjust laws of the Roman Empire. ... a reality today because Socrates practiced Civil disobedience. In our nation, the Boston Tea Party..."

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"You assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion?" p.8

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"When you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised"

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“ The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.”

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“I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws.”