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Martin Luther King and George Wallace


             King vowed that until the Negro members of society were granted the same rights as the white man he would continue to violate those laws which were morally unjust in an attempt to bring about justice stating that "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges"" (SullenToys, 2011). Martin Luther King implied that no longer would the segregation and inferior treatment be tolerated and that the push for equality would not rest without resolution, regardless of the consequences in place to enforce the laws. In this instance King felt that his duty to obey the laws would not serve the common good as the laws were not laid out with the common good of all of society in mind, the Negro race was set to carry a heavier burden and receive a lesser benefit.
             Martin Luther King made it very clear when he said that "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"" (SullenToys, 2011).
             Martin Luther King implied that he felt that law had not been used to promote the common good of all men equally and that due to the heavier burden carried by the Negro without the benefits lavished on the white men that the Negro were owed a debt of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that they had not been allowed to achieve and that law should be used to promote the common good of all of society equally regardless of color.


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