Quote of the Week: Boxer Quotes King on War

"In 1968, Martin Luther King told us: 'If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess … strength without sight.'

Dr. King was talking about ending the Vietnam War. But 40 years later, his warning is increasingly relevant to the Iraq war.

Strength without sight has now led us into a war based on mistaken intelligence, and down a thorny path of pain for too long. And none of us can afford to be silent, because as Martin Luther King also said: 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.'

So we must have the courage to speak out about things that matter.

It matters that 2,158 servicemen and women have given their lives in Iraq, leaving their families grieving.

It matters that 16,155 have been wounded, many with scars that will last a lifetime.

It matters that the majority of the American people are demanding a new strategy so that we don’t have a war without end."

----Senator Barbara Boxer in a speech on December 20, 2005
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