MLK on extremism
A great MLK quote, courtesy of Jonah Goldberg:
So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremist for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary’s hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime—the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.*
Letter from Birmingham Jail (I added the highlighted portion of this excerpt to give the quote further context)
May 31st, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Did your spell check mess you up?
May 31st, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Christy-
Hah. I didn’t catch that. Nope it wasn’t the spell check. It was a cut and paste job from the site I linked to. Yikes!
May 31st, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Leave it to Jonah to rehash Goldwater and King while GWB stumbles from disaster to disaster. He was attacking Gore, of all people, in a recent column.