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Why We Can't Wait (Penguin Modern Classics, 2018 edition)

Martin Luther King Jr. · c. 1964

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  1. Our reading

    Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon

    Their wordsNonviolence is a powerful and just weapon.

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  2. Our reading

    Black Americans had never really been patient in the pure sense of the word

    Their wordsThe Negro had never really been patient in the pure sense of the word.

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  3. Our reading

    Nonviolence is a weapon unique in history that cuts without wounding and ennobles whoever wields it

    Their wordsIt is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

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  4. Our reading

    Nonviolence mattered psychologically to Black Americans because they had to win and vindicate their dignity to earn self-esteem

    Their wordsNonviolence had tremendous psychological importance to the Negro. He had to win and to vindicate his dignity in order to merit and enjoy his self-esteem.

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  5. Our reading

    Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

    Their wordsInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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    The tokenism Black Americans condemn is an end in itself, meant to end protest rather than begin a process

    Their wordsThe tokenism Negroes condemn is recognizable because it is an end in itself. Its purpose is not to begin a process, but instead to end the process of protest and pressure.

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  7. Our reading

    People are bound together, so whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly

    Their wordsWe are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

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  8. Our reading

    People have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws

    Their wordsConversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

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    There are two types of laws: just and unjust

    Their wordsThe answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust.

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  10. Our reading

    Whoever breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and willing to accept the penalty

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

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  11. Our reading

    This generation must repent not only for bad people's hateful words and deeds but for good people's appalling silence

    Their wordsWe will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

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  12. Our reading

    Human progress is not inevitable; it comes through tireless effort, and without it time favors social stagnation

    Their wordsHuman progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be coworkers with God, and without this hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the forces of social stagnation.

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  13. Our reading

    Time should be used creatively, because the time is always ripe to do right

    Their wordsWe must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.

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  14. Our reading

    Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever; the yearning for freedom eventually shows itself

    Their wordsOppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro.

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  15. Our reading

    It is just as wrong, perhaps more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends

    Their wordsBut now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

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  16. Our reading

    Most Black American leadership is innately opposed to compromise

    Their wordsThe majority of Negro leadership is innately opposed to compromise.

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  17. Our reading

    Nonviolence, the answer to Black Americans' need, may become the answer to humanity's most desperate need

    Their wordsNonviolence, the answer to the Negroes' need, may become the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity.

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