“On some positions, Cowardice asks the
question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?”
And Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the
question “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a
position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must do
it because it is right.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, March 31, 1968, less than a week before he was assassinated.
Dr. King spoke these words in protestation of war, but they are equally applicable to any moral dilemma. Dr. King strove to bring peace to people torn by abuse. Today our family farmers face a similar pattern of arbitrary and unnecessary assault. Read more on nourishingliberty.com
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