Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.
Interpretation
Evil should be confronted relentlessly and consistently through efforts for justice.
In this quote, Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes the importance of actively fighting against evil and injustice in society. He likens this struggle to a continual assault, suggesting that just as a battering ram repeatedly strikes a fortress, efforts for justice must be persistent and unwavering to overcome oppression and wrongdoing.
In practice
In a speech advocating for social justice, one could assert, 'Evil must be attacked by... the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.'
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.
Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the less fortunate--while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary, or the inequalities that make it possible.
My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren.
Justice is never given; it is exacted.
In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished and abusive environment. Seldom are people with money or prestige convicted of capital offenses, even more seldom are they executed.
I am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best.
The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the superior power of men. It therefore provides strong guarantees for the rights of the accused but essentially no guarantees for the rights of the victim. If one set out by design to devise a system for provoking intrusive post-traumatic symptoms, one could not do better than a court of law.
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