“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
How ironic that, on the weekend we pause to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are treated to comments about “why do we need people coming from “s---hole countries,” countries where the residents are not white and generally not wealthy. There could not be a more stark juxtaposition.
Dr. King was a leader who not only had a vision, but could share that vision and bring people with him.