” A man who really fights for the right, if he is to preserve his life for even a little while, must be a private citizen, not a public man.” Apology [31ε]-[32α] [English]:
καί μοι μὴ ἄχθεσθε λέγοντι τἀληθῆ: οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ὅστις ἀνθρώπων σωθήσεται οὔτε ὑμῖν οὔτε ἄλλῳ πλήθει οὐδενὶ γνησίως ἐναντιούμενος καὶ διακωλύων πολλὰ ἄδικα καὶ παράνομα ἐν τῇ πόλει γίγνεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι τὸν τῷ ὄντι μαχούμενον ὑπὲρ τοῦ δικαίου, καὶ εἰ μέλλει ὀλίγον χρόνον σωθήσεσθαι, ἰδιωτεύειν ἀλλὰ μὴ δημοσιεύειν.
(This makes me think, albeit a little obliquely, of H. Clinton’s criticism of B. Obama during the 2008 primary campaign, and of the difference between MLK and LBJ, which I believe, indeed, Clinton referenced: the general idea that, if you want to effect a political change, you need people working both inside –HC / LBJ– and outside –BO / MLK– the political system.)
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