RON HENGGELER

August 19, 2017
Words to consider while regarding the narrative of these times

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. Denis Leary

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. Abraham Joshua Heschel

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Winston Churchill

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. Brigham Young

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. Rosa Parks

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King, Jr.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Haile Selassie

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Edmund Burke

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change. Stephen Covey

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King, Jr.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James A. Baldwin

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Karl Marx

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. Martin Luther King, Jr.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. Alexander the Great

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Plato

 

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