“When you are right, you cannot be too radical; When you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
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.
Peace Pilgrim (1908–1981) American non-denominational spiritual teacher
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982), Ch. 11 : Transforming Our Society
Context: You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord. Grass-roots peace work is vitally important. All who work for peace belong to a special peace fellowship — whether we work together or apart.
“Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.'
'You think so?”
Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden
'I'm quite sure. If you don't it doesn't matter. Nothing will matter then.'
Colonel John Boyle and David in Ch. 7
The Garden of Eden (1986)
“When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.”
Joe Satriani (1956) American guitar player
As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990).
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
On Ezra Pound, as quoted in The New Republic (11 November 1936)
