Quote of the day -- on violence and war

On Israel and Palestine, too

Martin Luther King, Jr. on progress

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction...The chain reaction of evil -- hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." Martin Luther King, Jr., "Strength To Love", 1963

Quote of the day--on war--and peace

"Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has quarrel with mine, though I have not quarreled with him?"  --Blaise Pascal  (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Physicist, 1623-1662)

Juxtaposition: Arizona rampage then and MLK Day now

"Last week a senseless rampage in Tucson reminded us that more than 40 years after Dr. King's own tragic death, our struggle to eradicate violence and to promote peace goes on," --US Attorney Gereral Eric Holder


Link to original post:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110117/ap_on_re_us/us_king_holiday

Great organization, it seems. Good video