“This country has survived darker periods than the one that we are going through right now, and eventually, the pendulum will swing back, maybe even next year. … You can delay justice for a time, but history shows you cannot prevent it from finding you eventually. … As Dr. [Martin Luther] King [Jr.} once said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ Humbly I would add, it doesn’t bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.” – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), Aug. 25, 2025, responding to reports that President Donald Trump planned to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2025, page 56.
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