Martin Luther King - On Civil Disobedience

Excerpt of Transcript of the Sermon "But If Not" by Martin Luther King

O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king.

But if not, even if he does not preserve us, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or