I am pleased with the progress Liberty County has made but I am also mystified. Mystified by some who have recently (in the last few years) attached themselves to the cause some local Republicans dedicated themselves to ten years ago. Mystified by those who in the face of specific complaints about the unacceptable behavior of people like Chip Fairchild, Rusty Hight, and Mike Little have countered with backroom mutterings about these men's enemies and who have made every attempt to help these men keep their positions. Mystified by the acceptance by some who listen and even spread the demonetization of you Liberty Dispatch - as clearly you are the messenger, if not some sort of avenging angel.
Therefore, on this weekend in which many celebrate the life of one of the greatest orators in our country’s history, please allow me to choose four quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches that I believe will encourage any and all who are sincere in wanting to free us to support this cause. Here are four out of many:
1) "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
2) "The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."
3)"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
4) “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
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