"All Literature", from Anarchism Is Not Enough (London: Jonathan Cape, 1928)
“Oratory is, after all, the prose literature of the savage.”
Vol. 1, p. 203
A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts to the Present Day
“The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.”
Montgomery Bus Boycott speech, at Holt Street Baptist Church (5 December 1955) http://www.blackpast.org/?q=1955-martin-luther-king-jr-montgomery-bus-boycott
1950s
Source: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Context: We are here, we are here this evening because we're tired now. And I want to say that we are not here advocating violence. We have never done that. I want it to be known throughout Montgomery and throughout this nation that we are Christian people. We believe in the Christian religion. We believe in the teachings of Jesus. The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.
King against Dr. Burrel (1699), 5 Mod. 432.
Source: The Paris Review interview (1981), p. 31
Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Ch.1 The Historical Roots of Christianity the Hebrew Prophets, p. 12-13
Context: There is no question on which side the sympathy of the prophets was enlisted. Their protest against injustice and oppression, to the neglect of all other social evils, is almost monotonous.
“Literature has many uses, not all of which occur in a classroom”
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Essays, Can Poetry Matter? (1991), Poetry as Enchantment (2015)
