"On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and 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 he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
3 comments:
I love this. I posted it on my blog too. Thanks!
Oh my, lately I've taken a position that isn't safe, politic, or popular, but is right.
'Taint easy.
Though I recognize that being not safe, not politic, nor popular is not criteria for what is right. What is right can also be safe, politic, and popular. They are independent functions.
Thanks for turning me onto this quote!
B
I really like this one (and I'd never heard it before). Thanks!
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