A Tough Mind and a Tender Hear

Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival'Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is these sermons and writings from the heart of the civil rights movement show Martin Luther King's rhetorical power at its most fiery and uplifting.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today from anarchists to stoics feminists to prophets satirists to Zen Buddhists. About the Author Born in 1929 in Atlanta GeorgiaMartin Luther King Jr. was one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Widely regarded as one of the greatest activists in history he became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize aged 35. King was assassinated on April 4 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. <p><b><i>'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival'</i><br></b><br>Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the heart of the civil rights movement show Martin Luther King's rhetorical power at its most fiery and uplifting.<br><br>One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.</p>