“Expediency asks the question is it politics? Vanity asks the question is it popular? The conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politics nor popular but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.“
kinda crazy he could just come up with something so eloquent to answer a three sentence question.
and here’s an alternative link for if you’re on mobile and find the design of that page miserable to read.
(note that the transcript is slightly different, as it records a different performance of the speech than that in the link provided by the esteemed other commenter.)
https://www.crmvet.org/docs/otheram.htm
you’re referring to a book called The Other America. This post, and the quote in it, is from a speech by the same name, given by MLK in '68
Lmao, the internet has gone to shit. My search results brought up no mention of that at all. Thanks!
For any other dumbasses like me, here’s the full thing: http://www.gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/
“Expediency asks the question is it politics? Vanity asks the question is it popular? The conscience asks the question is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politics nor popular but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.“
kinda crazy he could just come up with something so eloquent to answer a three sentence question.
and here’s an alternative link for if you’re on mobile and find the design of that page miserable to read. (note that the transcript is slightly different, as it records a different performance of the speech than that in the link provided by the esteemed other commenter.) https://www.crmvet.org/docs/otheram.htm