"Through violence you may murder a murderer but you can't murder murder. Through violence you may murder a liar but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that."
Fonte: Discurso "Where do we go from here?" http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/062.html (16 de agosto de 1967)
“A escuridão não pode expulsar a escuridão, apenas a luz pode fazer isso. O ódio não pode expulsar o ódio, só o amor pode fazer isso.”
Variante: As trevas não podem expulsar trevas, só a luz pode fazer isso. O ódio não pode expulsar o ódio, só o amor pode fazer isso.
Original
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
'Where Do We Go From Here?" as published in Where Do We Go from Here : Chaos or Community? (1967), p. 62; many statements in this book, or slight variants of them, were also part of his address Where Do We Go From Here?" which has a section below. A common variant appearing at least as early as 1968 has "Returning violence for violence multiplies violence..." An early version of the speech as published in A Martin Luther King Treasury (1964), p. 173, has : "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate..."
1960s
Fonte: A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Contexto: The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. … Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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"Absolute Surrender"; Por Andrew Murray, Simon Vance; Publicado por Lulu.com, 2007; ISBN 1424507855, 9781424507856 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=EP9cjqLzcBoC&pg=PA15&d, página 15
“Você pode desconfiar de uma admiração, mas não de um ódio. O ódio é sempre sincero.”