ITWASSOOTED: "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

Saturday, January 19, 2008

"the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

A Time to Break Silence

By Rev. Martin Luther King

By 1967, King had become the country's most prominent opponent of the Vietnam War, and a staunch critic of overall U.S. foreign policy, which he deemed militaristic. In his "Beyond Vietnam" speech delivered at New York's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967 -- a year to the day before he was murdered -- King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."

has that sentiment changed?

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
By Rev. Martin Luther King

4 April 1967
Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City

transcript of speech
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