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"I feel impelled to mention one other point in our statement that has troubled me profoundly. You warmly commended the Birmingham police force for keeping "order" and "preventing violence". I doubt that you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent Negros"

I Like this because it shows that the police force was using violence and they are like, EX: "No we're not being violent they are". So hurtful back then.

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My favorite quote from Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail is when he says, "But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here." This is my favorite because it is just so simple and also powerful.

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"Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."

I really like this quote out of King's Letter form a Birmingham Jail because it is very timeless in the context of what was and is happening in our country. King, in this instance, is discussing the unfair treatment that the African American people are receiving in America. This quote is telling everyone that if you are a citizen of the USA, you should not be treated as though you are an outsider or treated unfairly because of your background or the color of your skin. It is a very powerful quote that, as I said before, we can apply to our lives today. We shouldn't discriminate people based on their outward appearance or where they may of come from. As a citizen of the USA, they have the same rights as everyone else and should be treated as such.

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My favorite moment, or rather quote, was "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal..."". I personally really liked this quote because I think it really brings our choices into a moral perspective. Just because something is legally right, it doesn't mean it is morally right.

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"What kind of people worship here? Who is their God? Where were their voices when the lips of Governor Barnett dripped with words of interposition and nullification? Where were they when Governor Wallace gave a clarion call for defiance and hatred? Where were their voices of support when bruised and weary Negro men and women decided to rise from the dark dungeons of complacency to the bright hills of creative protest?"

This is mu favorite quote out of King's letter from Birmingham jail because it really shows why he is there and what needs to change. The people in Birmingham go to church on Sunday, and they are kind to their neighbors but when they leave church they go into town and throw nothing but hate at this entire race. These people condemn King and his people for standing up for their rights, but they don't know what it's like to be oppressed and if they were oppressed it would lead them to the same thing.

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"In deep disappointment I have wept over the laxity of the church. But be assured that my tears have been tears of love. There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love." This is my favorite quote because it shows that even at sad times you can still have hope and love one each other. They all get together and go to Church and will pray and love each other.

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I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in."

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"...your middle name becomes "boy" (however old you are) and your last name becomes "John," and your wife and mother are never given the respected title "Mrs."; when you are harried by day and haunted by night by the fact that you are a Negro, living constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite knowing what to expect next, and are plagued with inner fears and outer resentments; when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of "nobodiness"--then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait."

He's basically saying that when a group is constantly oppressed and de-humanized, it won't take long for them to start pushing back.

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"Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds". This quote was important because we're all living inside the United States and should all be treated equal.

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For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

This statement really struck me because of how intense it is. When reading it, I fully understood their pain in being constantly told to wait.

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My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word "tension." I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth.
This is my favorite quote because it shows the intensity of the situation. It shows how people feel and what they think what needs to be done.

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"It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative."

This related back to Civil Disobedience and how revolution is the only way people can communicate to the government when the government refuses to listen.

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"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds"
I agree with what King is saying here. What may affect some people directly in this country will affect everyone in some way, big or small. If you live in America, there will be some sort of impact on you no matter what the issue/situation is.

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"Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work."
This had a big impact on me because it shows how he has a lot of what many of the romantic writers, they do not care what you think and they do what they think is the right thing to do.

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"What kind of people worship here?"
I liked this quote because, he talked about Jesus preaching to "Love your enemies" but no one seems to be doing that. I liked that he pointed that out because if people claim to worship Jesus then why aren't they doing what he preached?

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"...freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed..."

This quote is significant because King is saying that freedom will not be freely given from those who disagree with his own viewpoints. He will have to work extremely hard for his freedom.

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"Was not Jesus an extremist for love: 'Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.'"

I liked this quote because it uses the word "extremist" in a positive sense. We associate the word nowadays with terrorists and acts of injustice, but we forget that the word is something to describe a person who holds high beliefs, especially religious beliefs, and is willing to take action to justify them.

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." This quote impacted me the most because of the meaning of it. You can't understand it by just reading it, it makes you think deeper about it and dig for the meaning of it. It sounds hard to think about at first but then you begin to process it and you realize the impact it has.

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"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
This quote is important because it shows that when people are being oppressed, freedom is never just given to them, they have to fight for their rights. King shows that his protests are done rightfully and that he has to do this for his freedom

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