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None of the three ways of dealing with social injustice can entirely prevent or remove human suffering.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Thus we are saved and thus society must be redeemed.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
The bareness and cruelty and misery of this generation now cry aloud for God-saturated and Jesus-challenged deliverers.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
The victims of greed and exploitation will never get justice solely by relying upon the vision and generosity of those who hold power and seek their own gain.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
The policy of wisdom is to use that method which involves a minimum of suffering, and which offers a maximum of redemption.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
To say that restraint administered in love and with the welfare of all concerned vividly in mind is immoral, is to reduce society to anarchy and chaos.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
We gain illumination as to the immensity of Jesus' contribution in setting before us a vision of the new society, and indicating ways and means of bringing it to pass.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
If we are able to keep ourselves free from bitterness and vindictiveness, our procedure in every situation will be determined by our judgement as to which type of persuasiveness and which method of non-violent restraint are under the circumstances most ethical and most effective.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
The menace inherent in any form of coercion is greatly reduced if those who act in behalf of victims of oppression voluntarily submit to suffering. Mahatma Gandhi... furnishes the most illuminating contemporary example...
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Shall we resort to violence, on the ground that the end justifies the mean? The answer of Jesus seems conclusive. There is no place in the home for violence—as distinguished from less extreme forms of coercion—and the killing of beloved kinsmen.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Unless effective non-violent means of coercion can be devised and utilized, the victims of injustice will, in blindness and desperation, take up weapons of violence. In our kind of world, to rely upon anarchy and inaction, is to turn the reigns over to violence.
The Personality of Jesus (1932)