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On this day of remembrance, Westwood Minute provides just a few of the many more memorable and eloquent words of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
--Washington National Cathedral, March 31, 1968.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
--Letter from Birmingham, Alabama jail, April 16, 1963.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
--Strength to Love, 1963.
Source: nps.gov (National Park Service/Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial)
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I don't think it is fair to compare the two actions as "dualing" petitions. The change.org petition is an internet survey that collects some evidence of public support for the select board's course of action.
I agree. You can't compare these petitions at all.
Nonresidents of Westwood and those who do not vote in Westwood are not really relevant to the issues at hand in this matter. As he readily admits, Mr.