“When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”

1960s, Why We Can't Wait (1964)
Context: Someone once wrote: "When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." The Negro knows he is right.

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