Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message to Hun Xen's Thugs: "There are some instances when a law is just on its face and unjust in its application."

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo: Internet)

Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality ... There are some instances when a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. For instance, I was arrested Friday on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong with an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade, but when the ordinance is used to preserve segregation and to deny citizens the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and peaceful protest, then it becomes unjust. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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