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We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. We must move past indecision to action.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
War is not the answer. Communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs or nuclear weapons.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. Omar Khayyam is right: "The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on."
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, "Too late."
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Over the past two years, as I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart, as I have called for radical departures from the destruction of Vietnam, many persons have questioned me about the wisdom of my path.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
I'm convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
I am nevertheless greatly saddened, for such questions mean that the inquirers have not really known me, my commitment or my calling. Indeed, their questions suggest that they do not know the world in which they live.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)