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...friend and as a follower, to be faithful to him as I knew him and understood his creed, I must take upon myself the unhappy responsibility or at least the risk, of marring the effusive and superficial, but very official, harmony which has wet-blanketed our country since that day in Memphis not yet a week...
...DREAM OF FREEDOM (1963): So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged...
Since faith is primarily a way of life rather than a creed to be so proclaimed, it is not something that can be reduced to an articulated set of principles. In an age of ecumenical breakthrough and doctrinal pluralism, sectarian particularities of belief seem largely irrelevant and even a little quaint. What is important is not the doctrine of predestination, for example, but the mystery of man's relationship to God that lies behind it. A Christian must accept the Incarnation-but there is room for differing interpretations of Jesus' unique relationship to God. The Resurrection...
...counselors and specialized teachers, at a total annual cost of approximately $ 15 million. In Rhode Island and Michigan, it is now campaigning for tuition grants from states to parents of parochial school children as a partial rebate for the school taxes they pay. One of its slogans: "Need-not creed...
...ignore the stunning fact that most American youngsters now work harder, think deeper, love more and even look better than any previous generation. Other cultures worship gods or ancestors; Americans revere children, and they must be doing something right in the process. "Everything for the kids" is a U.S. creed that moves G.I.s to feed every war waif in sight; that goads concern for the country's ghetto schools; that has already provided most American children with the best medical care, free education, anti-child-labor laws and unparalleled freedom from adult repression...