mlk

"...I MUST CONFESS THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WHITE MODERATE WHO IS MORE DEVOTED TO 'ORDER' THAN TO JUSTICE; WHO PREFERS A NEGATIVE PEACE, WHICH IS THE ABSENCE OF TENSION TO A POSITIVE PEACE, WHICH IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE; WHO CONSTANTLY SAYS 'I AGREE WITH YOU IN THE GOAL YOU SEEK, BUT I CAN'T AGREE WITH YOUR METHODS OF DIRECT ACTION;; WHO PATERNALISTICALLY BELIEVES HE CAN SET A TIMETABLE FOR ANOTHER MAN'S FREEDOM...WHO LIVES BY A MYTHICAL CONCEPT OF TIME AND WHO CONSTANTLY ADVISES THE NEGRO TO WAIT FOR A "MORE CONVENIENT SEASON." SHALLOW UNDERSTANDING FROM PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL IS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN ABSOLUTE MISUNDERSTANDING FROM PEOPLE OF ILL WILL. LUKEWARM ACCEPTANCE IS MUCH MORE BEWILDERING THAN OUTRIGHT REJECTION."