“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
~ Robert F. Kennedy
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I doubt all, as well, my friend. I love Niebhuhur’s statement; how very true and so terribly troubling.
Kennedy’s words are vital: “ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” I actually believe that, despite being spoken from a man of a patrician class.
Kennedy was mimicking Thoreau, though the bearded gent protected his idealism by working as house-painter, and a gatherer of scrub; he wanted to keep himself separate and pure.
I doubt all, these days, John … even Obama, who I voted for twice.
The statement you give is increasingly vital to us!
“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary” Niebuhur (circa 1964).
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/2008/wallace/niebuhr_reinhold.html