"When you develop a universal altruism your loyalties are far beyond your tribe, your race, your class, your nation even. When you fail to have a universal altruism you’ll say ‘my nation, right or wrong.’ Well, I’m not going to support my nation when it’s wrong, because my first loyalty is to humanity and to God. I don’t care who gets upset about it, I’m not going to support the United States of America in Vietnam, because I’m absolutely convinced that she’s wrong. Whenever your loyalties are narrow you can’t question your nation when it’s wrong."
—Martin Luther King Jr. (1967)
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About Drew Dellinger
Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.
Dellinger has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences—including TEDWomen, Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship.
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