Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used to quote Theodore Parker
a 19th century abolitionist who once said:
a 19th century abolitionist who once said:
"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
It bends towards justice, but here is the thing:
it does not bend on its own.
it does not bend on its own.
It bends because each of us in our own ways put our hand on that arc
and we bend it in the direction of justice...."
