The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.
Interpretation
The journey towards justice takes time, but ultimately, justice prevails.
This quote suggests that although the path to achieving justice may be lengthy and fraught with challenges, the overarching trend of humanity is toward moral righteousness and fairness. It reflects a hopeful and optimistic view of societal progress, implying that persistent efforts in the pursuit of justice will eventually lead to positive outcomes.
In practice
During a motivational speech about social justice initiatives.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
If you want to enter hell, don't complain of the dark; you can't blame the world for being unfair if you start on the path of the rebel.
Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.
I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
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