Who does MLK draw inspiration from once he has been called an extremist? Now, what is the difference between the two? How does onedetermine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the morallaw... Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any lawthat degrades human personality is unjust. All segregationstatutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul anddamages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense osuperiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority...Thus it is that I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of theSupreme Court, for it is morally right; and I can urge them todisobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong.We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did inGermany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedomfighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid andcomfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany... First, I must confess thatover the past few years I have been gravely disappointed withthe white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettableconclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stridetoward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the KuKlux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to"order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which isthe absence of tension to a positive peace which is thepresence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you inthe goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods ofdirect action"; who paternalistically believes he can set thetimetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythicalconcept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to waitfor a "more convenient season."...... though I was initially disappointed at being categorized asan extremist, as I continued to think about the matter Igradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Wasnot Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless thenthat curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray forthem which despitefully use you, and persecute you." ... AndAbraham Lincoln: "This nation cannot survive half slave andhalf free." And Thomas Jefferson: "We hold these truths to beself evident, that all men are created equal ..." So thequestion is not whether we wilIl be extremists, but what kind ofextremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or forlove? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice orfor the extension of justice? ... Perhaps the South, the nationand the world are in dire need of creative extremists.In spite of my shattered dreams, I came to Birmingham withthe hope that the white religious leadership of this communitywould see the justice of our cause and, with deep moralconcern, would serve as the channel through which our justgrievances could reach the power structure. I had hoped thateach of you would understand. But again I have beendisappointed.

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Who does MLK draw inspiration from once he has been called an extremist? Now, what is the difference between the two? How does onedetermine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the morallaw... Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any lawthat degrades human personality is unjust. All segregationstatutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul anddamages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense osuperiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority...Thus it is that I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of theSupreme Court, for it is morally right; and I can urge them todisobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong.We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did inGermany was &#34;legal&#34; and everything the Hungarian freedomfighters did in Hungary was &#34;illegal.&#34; It was &#34;illegal&#34; to aid andcomfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany... First, I must confess thatover the past few years I have been gravely disappointed withthe white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettableconclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stridetoward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the KuKlux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to&#34;order&#34; than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which isthe absence of tension to a positive peace which is thepresence of justice; who constantly says: &#34;I agree with you inthe goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods ofdirect action&#34;; who paternalistically believes he can set thetimetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythicalconcept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to waitfor a &#34;more convenient season.&#34;...... though I was initially disappointed at being categorized asan extremist, as I continued to think about the matter Igradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Wasnot Jesus an extremist for love: &#34;Love your enemies, bless thenthat curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray forthem which despitefully use you, and persecute you.&#34; ... AndAbraham Lincoln: &#34;This nation cannot survive half slave andhalf free.&#34; And Thomas Jefferson: &#34;We hold these truths to beself evident, that all men are created equal ...&#34; So thequestion is not whether we wilIl be extremists, but what kind ofextremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or forlove? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice orfor the extension of justice? ... Perhaps the South, the nationand the world are in dire need of creative extremists.In spite of my shattered dreams, I came to Birmingham withthe hope that the white religious leadership of this communitywould see the justice of our cause and, with deep moralconcern, would serve as the channel through which our justgrievances could reach the power structure. I had hoped thateach of you would understand. But again I have beendisappointed.

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Martin Luther King Jr. has been a sociable activist who performed a pivotal position within the…