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We have to make an effort to understand, to get beyond, or go beyond these rather difficult times.
Speech on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (1968)
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
Speech on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (1968)
My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He wrote: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."
Speech on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (1968)
And let's dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.
Speech on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (1968)