A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

More from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
• A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
• Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.
• Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
• Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.