Goethe Tells Us In His Greatest Poem

Tragedy Is A Tool For The Living To Gain Wisdom, Not A Guide By Which To Live.

Every Time We Turn Our Heads The Other Way When We See The Law Flouted, When We Tolerate What We Know To Be Wrong, When We Close Our Eyes And Ears To The Corrupt Because We Are Too Busy Or Too Frightened, When We Fail To Speak Up And Speak Out, We Strike A Blow Against Freedom And Decency And Justice.

The Future Does Not Belong To Those Who Are Content With Today, Apathetic Toward Common Problems And Their Fellow Man Alike, Timid And Fearful In The Face Of Bold Projects And New Ideas. Rather, It Will Belong To Those Who Can Blend Passion, Reason And Courage In A Personal Commitment To The Great Enterprises And Ideals Of American Society.

The Road Toward Equality Of Freedom Is Not Easy, And Great Cost And Danger March Alongside Us. We Are Committed To Peaceful And Nonviolent Change, And That Is Important For All To Understand - Though All Change Is Unsettling. Still, Even In The Turbulence Of Protest And Struggle Is Greater Hope For The Future, As Men Learn To Claim And Achieve For Themselves The Rights Formerly Petitioned From Others.

Let Us Dedicate Ourselves To What The Greeks Wrote So Many Years Ago: To Tame The Savageness Of Man And Make Gentle The Life Of This World.