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I have listened to, watched , and read most of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speeches and writings. 'Beyond Vietnam' is the best speech he ever made. He rose beyond nationalism to globalism to speak about the ills of his government. This speech still speaks to the wars and conflicts fueled by the west, especially the United States, in Africa and the Middle East.

A man like this, a voice like this, comes along once in a lifetime, once in a generation.

I am 67 years old, and so I was 12 years old when Dr. King was taken from us. Some years ago, I was in Atlanta for a conference, and was lucky enough to stand a few feet away from Yolanda King when she was being interviewed in front of the Reflection Pool at the King Center. Recently, I had a celebrellar stroke, and my speech was a bit affected. I’ve been looking for a speech to read out loud, and maybe memorize. My search has ended; and it is this speech I shall read out loud and to work on my enunciation-and to soak up the speech’s message, and in the process, remind myself of those values I want to embody the rest of my life.

I am compelled to listen to this speech a few times each year because it is still so relevant. I also add it into the courses that I teach. I man of brilliance taken way too soon from our world.

This is by far his most compelling speech. I understand why this speech is purposely hidden from the textbooks and history in America. I imagine it's just the opposite in Vietnam. I have a deeper appreciation and love for Dr King 💞👑

I am so glad I listened to this speech today. I have heard and read excerpts from it for half a century now. It feels like the mighty waves of hate are crashing over us today, and we are thrashing about in the water. It is helpful for me to remember that Dr. King had decades where he sometimes felt discouraged and despairing. And yet he did not let those feelings prevail in his words and in his actions. He overcame pessimism and hopelessness and lived to urge us to gather ourselves in strength and rededication. Let us honor him.

To me this must be Dr Martin Luther King's best speech ever. You can simply replace Vietnam with anyother country. The problems are still the same today.

As a child I was thought not to cry for it shows weakness,but each time I listen to any of the speeches from MLK, tears row down my cheeks,now not as a sign of weakness but strength and courage to stand-up for that which is right and good, even if it means standing alone . we re proud of you, they said old soldiers never dies, Martin Luther king Jr., Died the death of great men, our lord Jesus Christ as well was killed....

I think that any highschool or college course on the Vietnam War should start with this speech.

This is such a powerful “SPEECH “ yo can’t help but get chills from listening to him.

This speech by Dr. King is right there along with his "I've been to the Mountian Top" I was 12 years old in my hometown of Brooklyn, NY ( Brownsville / East New York) section. When he was killed. A day that I will never forget together with The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy... Please remember the phrase "I am A Man"

A true man of purpose. In this year of pandemic and social chaos, MLKs speeches and readings can be a light to turn to..

He was a beautiful Man, and willing to tell the Truth, as he saw it, even to the point of sacrificing his life. He will be remembered, while the greed-heads will be forgotten, and good riddance. What balls he had.

No matter where a person stands on Dr. King (like or not like him), his appeals were so all-encompassing for oppressed people everywhere, that it would be ludicrous to think he was representative of only oppressed people in the United States! And to think that he stood up for. and was firm in his stance regarding non-violence! He was an amazing God-sent; he will never be forgotten!

This is BY FAR one of the most powerful and educational speeches I have ever heard. The history and the Spiritual depth explains the plight of good vs evil in the hearts of man from the beginning of time. Take time to listen and research that which you do not understand herein brothers and sisters, then you WILL KNOW TRUTH.

“...and so I was increasingly compelled to see the War as an enemy of the Poor, and to attack it as such.”

The power of writing and articulating your ideas in real time.

The fact that this only has 93K views in 5 years says alot about who and where, we are.

Feel the tears of love, justice and truth and may people know of their inner strength, light and forgiveness

Dr. King recognised the new pattern of warfare developing, where war thousands of miles away was used as a distraction from social issues occurring in one's own neighbourhood. These wars continue to this day, and while the blame for starting them lies with a small group of opportunistic individuals, it is our responsibility to cast aside our apathy and protest clearly non-defensive uses of our defense budget. We should campaign for nuclear arms reduction, attempting to reduce the number of active warheads in the world from tens of thousands to a few dozen per nation kept under strict supervision. Dr. King supported in some capacity, all of these causes. He was not a radical. He was a man of reason. He believed in non-violence as to him, living in a world where a full scale nuclear war could end all human life in a few hours, non-violence was not only the right path but also the only path that would lead to the survival and well being of all people.

One of the great orations in American history.

A week to celebrate MLK ISN'T NEARLY ENOUGH.

All of us still prizing our humanity, we pray we will always voice our human values and frustrations. Never have I felt my humanity betrayed so constantly by the silence of our leaders and the hardness of heart manifest everywhere. Thank God this sane, humane voice. A plumb line for humanity.

This is Dr. King’s most important speech and it ought to be studied as such. He is celebrated by liberals for his stress on non violent protest, but ignored for his stances on war and the radical redistribution of wealth. Praise this man for what he was, not what the world has pretended him to become. His spirit ought to haunt every movement as a reminder that we need a catalyst. We need a radical speaker, willing to be educated enough to speak the truth.

We were privileged to have this preacher, some of us really young ones at the time of the movement didn't know what we had till he was gone or probably until Now in the year 2020.

my favorite MLK speech. he truly was a prophet.

We are blessed to hear his voice.

This is a closest definition of a Christian, Martin Luther King Jr is what what every Christian should be and strive to be.. God bless Martin Luther King Jr. Even if I prescribe to atheism.. I believe that if Christians would have lived or live like Martin Luther King Jr some of the problems we have would not exist..

The very moral conscious of American lies in the struggle of our values and morals. We as a people has to stand up for what is right. The justice of our lives and how we treat one another is the answer of a peaceful world. Those who are saved and lived the creed of Christ are a light in a dying world.

, Good God, what will he have to say about this present circumstance we find ourselves in? He gave us life in order to give the speech. I hang my head and sorrow and praise.

So much both neglected and forgotten. If only we remembered.

Thank you Dr. King 🙏🏾 Thank you Uncle Vincent Harding 🙏🏾

I am 45. I have listened to a great deal of Dr. King this year. Glad to finally be able to listen and bring meaning from it having collected enough experience to relate or understand. It's quite imaginable to me that with him still alive we could have seen the energy and unity of the recent BLM movement 40 years ago. Find new ones. Don't be leaderless. If the best you can do is be a good mentor to future leaders...do that!

Rest in Peace 🕊️, dear Reverend DR King ❤

Such a great leader, Dr King is rare in the history of humanity. He embodied what a human being should look like....

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. - St. Francis of Assisi prayer said everyday by Mother Teresa (Noble Peace Prize recipient).

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is very prolific in his address to the world. Currently his speech is timeless relative to the social and political ill that plague the world. His perspective on policy change resonates with his agenda, but do those politicians that generously idolize his personality actually believe and push for his ideals currently? Nothing has changed? Really?! He constantly reminds us in his speech.

This is my first time hearing this speech. Really powerful

When he spoke it was poetic. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

RIP Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 💕💕💕💋💋 there is no one like you, only God. 💕💕💕💋💋🌹💐💐💐💐💖💖💖

Today, where can we find selfless distinguished leadership? That's both here and abroad. I am most sadden by the clergy & the church which once served as a bridge. Now, it seems to have become a financial institution plus inner turmoil. And, so, I continue to pray my imperfect prayer for all of us.

I couldn't have listened to this man of Gods words at a more designated time. He was given the truth, had the courage to share it and we are living it now. The dis connection and blindness as the evil one laughs in the confusion of the most loved and prized of the Almighty.

Love you even though you died when I was a child. On his birthday I am listening to the rest of his speeches. I did most last year.

What a great way to spend Black History Month.🙏🏽

Thank you Linkin Park for introducing me to this speech.

I wonder if Dr. King was murdered because he had the courage to speak against the war. I miss him. Dr. King made the world a better place to live. I still miss him.

I hate they killed this man, this was his greatest speech, rest in peace Dr King!!!

He kept his word for this speech. Others watched ..still he had half his heart broke finding out. They didn't. So I look into the late measures that were added. Rights to hold decision of people's responsible..rights to assembly at fair status for bringing up issues. Right to even keep his life safe because he understood the violence moreso than anyone saw .. yes I think he knew what some were not seeing. A tragic recognition of tragedy. He spoke part of the same discussion..to be trapped in a nightmare and dream. He stood his ground. They took it anyway. Yet too it sounds at times the very help is under duress when they put speech up front. He knew they'd explode the then NASA space testing too. Stay strong in afterlife if you can..

Praise the truth of GOD

My conscience leaves me no other choice. CROWN

Truly moving

Tears in my eyes... any time I need hope I go back to this. We need spiritual leaders who can speak with conviction like this today, who are willing to risk everything to speak truth to power.

Baba Martin Luther King spoke compassionately about America unjustly invading Vietnam. Baba Martin even agreed with Baba Malcolm before Baba Malcolm was killed fifty eight years ago that America wasn't interested civil rights but committing actocities in Vietnam. Baba Martin condemned America as the greatest purveyor of violence ever.

Amen. Rest in peace, Dr King. July 20th, 2021.

YES & AMEN & AMEN.

How many ministers today is willing to speak truth to power?America is spiritually on life support.

I first heard that through Linkin Park's "Wisdom, Justice and Love"

Amazing courage, amazing speaking of the truth to power, an amazing man.

Thank You.

Real Leaders can never be broken ❤❤❤

Cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love.

45:06 I come often to listen to Wisdom justice and love, but when the sentence that follows right after seems to encapsulate a big problem part of what's wrong with the US and I believe Dr King would condamn the predatory and un-serviceable function of the US' government and nation right now “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”

He so knew what was coming. He tried to leave a roadmap in those last two speeches. Powerful!

Xin cảm ơn. Thế hệ con cháu chúng tôi không quên ơn các vị vì nền độc lập cho VN. Cảm ơn gia đình Norman Morrison .

Good speeches ever

The European colonialist,(of America) came into vietnam , to rescue the french colonialist , in their efforts to re-colonialize Vietnam .Colonialism was the real purpose of the American involvement , in Vietnam !!!!!!!

Love to all people

This guys was a prophet of🫶✌️👍 out times, and the evil forces try to silence him, but now he is between us

Why IS this speach hidden from the History Books of the US. Am so glad MLKJ walked the streets of our planet . Great he was..

He has been to the mountain top.

The only winner of war, is war itself! It takes half the strength to love, or double the strength to destroy.

2024 still relevant There’s a time to be quiet and a time to speak My children are blessed June 18 2024

History never stops rhyming…. Oh how I wish he were here now, but I would hate for him to see the state the world is in.

Just about every policy he urged for to withdraw from and repair the damage in Vietnam could have been applied just as usefully to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The voices who stood for peace deserve our highest honor and that among many other great reason is why Dr. King and all his allies in the civil rights movement are irrefutable fixtures of American history and icons of how it can become the nation it promises to be.

God is love🙏😇

The laws of God are above the laws of man... My lifelong hero.

1971 I SAID NO TO THE VIETNAM WAR!

Rest the king, in the world's time of triumph he was its guiding light.

HBD Dr King

AMEN

this is good

Silence is betrayal....!!

He was the first one to speak up and take punches and his life during that time

Great Speech

Wonderful history lesson.I always wonder what was the cause of his death .This speech said it all .

A man of true wisdom

For a Kid born through the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr was a face of color I could relate to, his face alone emits Peace.

This Great man is the reason the VIETNAM WAR ended!!!! And the live of millions saved!!!! THANK U INEFFABLE FOREFATHER!!!

"I think for the ultimate peace and security of the situation it will probably be necessary for Israel to give up this conquered territory, because to hold on to it will only exacerbate the tensions and deepen the bitterness of the Arabs," - Martin Luther King

Jesus followers were also in darkness for a while. When the new followers wanted to call down fire upon a group, Christ told them they did not know what spirit they were of, for the son of man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them. This message brother Martin gave is refreshing to my ears.

This Speech got him Killed

It is not against the law : To read and Value History . Teach the children . Of the sacrifices made and paid !

I'm saddened by the efforts of our ability to rise above. Rise to the most highest frequency to take back what belongs to us. This sadness is reflected upon my soul because I have not figured out how to rise high enough for this to still not affect me. I pray to The Most High God, The God whom lives within me to increase my vibration to know how to deal with these issues. Most people sit in the comments and talk about what beings should do and what they not doing. I am saying that revolution starts on an individual level and effort. And that I must play a high role in getting more than close enough to touch the Holy levels of the planet. Praise to The Most High God for allowing the Holy Spirit to guide me on writing this message. We must rise high Holy being. Rise above this wickedness.

Mr. Martin Luther king is the best. He loved everyone just like Jesus did and was killed for it like Jesus did. He inspired so many nations and changed the world forever. I know God is extremely proud of him. I know I am.

Awesome man of God!

We are faced with the fact that tomorrow is today

50:41 "Let us love one another," "Yis"

I remember watching king talk about this war on tv. They showed us troops running from bombs in vieatnam. How sad. War was no good. King wanted peace and spoke some great facts.

"I come to this... magnificent house of worship tonight.... because my conscience leaves me, no other choice. A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war, "This way of settling differences is not just." This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nations' homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of people normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, It cannot be reconciled with Wisdom, Justice, and Love." Wisdom, Justice, and Love - Linkin Park