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I Am An Opponent Of War And Of War Preparations And An Opponent Of Universal Military Training And Conscription; But Entirely Apart From That Issue, I Hold That Segregation In Any Part Of The Body Politic Is An Act Of Slavery And An Act Of War.

The Moral Man Is He Who Is Opposed To Injustice Per Se, Opposed To Injustice Wherever He Finds It; The Moral Man Looks For Injustice First Of All In Himself.

When I Say I Love Eastland, It Sounds Preposterous A Man Who Brutalizes People. But You Love Him Or You Wouldn't Be Here. You're Going To Mississippi To Create Social Change And You Love Eastland In Your Desire To Create Conditions Which Will Redeem His Children. Loving Your Enemy Is Manifest In Putting Your Arms Not Around The Man But Around The Social Situation, To Take Power From Those Who Misuse It At Which Point They Can Become Human Too.

People Will Never Fight For Your Freedom If You Have Not Given Evidence That You Are Prepared To Fight For It Yourself.

Both Morally And Practically, Segregation Is To Me A Basic Injustice. Since I Believe It To Be So, I Must Attempt To Remove It. There Are Three Ways In Which One Can Deal With An Injustice. (a) One Can Accept It Without Protest. (b) On Can Seek To Avoid It. (c) One Can Resist The Injustice Non-violently. To Accept It Is To Perpetuate It.