JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
mean beloved-community redemption
The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A boycott is never an end within itself. It is merely a means to awaken a sense of shame within the oppressor but the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption.
issues life-is instinct
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.
I’ve been to the Mountaintop
ideas waiting-rooms self
I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.
forever soul faces
Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'
law vote protection
We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.
east west christ
In Christ there is no East nor West.
country sweet father
My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
israel democracy world
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
hate kings-and-love loving-your-enemies
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate...
earth crushed kings-speech
Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
kings perspective helping
Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective.
inspirational men world
But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize.
change ideas challenges
Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.