I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Edmund Burke said:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Perhaps that is what they thought just before they turned the hoses on MLK.
You know, I mentioned some time back that we had a temporary psychiatrist on my floor who, we learned only after he departed, was a white supremacist. I did some serious Internet stalking after that, and found he was associated with white supremacy forums. Oddly enough, this very quote was in some of their signatures. It was truly a sad misuse of noble words.