It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world with no future where, all to soon, the very words "justice, " "compassion, " "society, " "struggle, " "evil, " would be unheard echoes on an empty air.

P.D. James
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of great principle, but he also knew that principle was not enough. He knew that real change could only come when people put their hearts into action. Real change would come when men and women committed themselves to a shared vision.

Real change would come when people rose up in order to make the world a better place. Real change would come when people refused to accept injustice in the world, no matter how much pain it brought them. Real change would come when people refused to accept things as they are, even though it meant sacrificing their own comfort and security for the sake of others.

Source: The Children Of Men

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