„Folyamatosan azt hirdetem, hogy az erőszakmentesség megköveteli, hogy az eszközeink éppoly tiszták legyenek, mint a cél, mely elérésére törekszünk.”
Levele a Birmingham-fegyházból (1963)
Eredeti
I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
1960s, Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Kontextus: I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. I have tried to make clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
Martin Luther King 84
amerikai baptista tiszteletes, polgárjogi harcos, politikai… 1929–1968Hasonló idézetek

„Találj egy célt, az eszközök majd követik.”
Eredeti: Find purpose, the means will follow.

Eredeti: Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but nobody is willing to put in the work necessary to achieve these goals.

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