Tuesday, June 03, 2008

A Long Arc Bending Toward Justice

From Ezra Klein:

"On March 31st, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. preached his final Sunday sermon. 'We shall overcome,' he said, 'because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.' Four days later, he was dead."
I've always liked that quote and, more importantly, the concept it embodies. Until now, I never knew those words had been spoken so close to King's death.