Quote re: Political Reality, 1960s and 2000s . . . .

[rkledgerwood]

"There is something seductively tempting about stopping there and sending us all off on what in some circles has become a popular crusade against the war in Vietnam. I say we must enter the struggle, but I wish to go on now to say something even more disturbing. The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit, and if we ignore this sobering reality we will find ourselves organizing clergy - and laymen - concerned committees for the next generation . . . . We will be marching for these and a dozen other names and attending rallies without end unless there is a significant and profound change in American life and policy."

- Rev. Martin Luther King
4 April 1967

--Stolen from jennaxide (and confirmed . . .).