Why I Am Opposed to the War
Martin Luther King on April 30, 1967, Riverside Church, New York
Martin Luther King spoke against colonialism, imperialism, and the existential thread of human violence . . . many times. I was 9 years old when I heard his sermon demanding an end to the US investment in the Vietnam war.
When will we learn?
From his 1967 essay:
“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies
“On the one hand, we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life's roadside, but that will be only an initial act.
“One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho Road must be changed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar.
“A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth with righteous indignation.
“It will look ac…