Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
Interpretation
The quote highlights Israel's role as a democratic nation.
Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes that Israel stands as a significant example of democracy in the global landscape. By referring to Israel as an 'outpost of democracy,' he underscores its importance in promoting democratic values and principles amidst a world often characterized by conflict and authoritarian regimes.
In practice
In a speech advocating for civil rights, one might cite this quote to illustrate the importance of democracy.
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.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.
Children have the strangest adventures without being troubled by them. For instance, they may remember to mention, a week after the event happened, that when they were in the wood they had met their dead father and had a game with him.
You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.
Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn, the disgust, and even the self-hatred and sense of guilt that crime logically should produce but actually does not.
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