<P> The issue is injustice . The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers . </P> <P> He warned the protesters not to engage in violence lest the issue of injustice be ignored because of the focus on the violence . King argued that peaceful demonstrations were the best course of action, the only way to guarantee that their demands would be heard and answered . </P> <P> Regarding the Civil Rights Movement, King demanded that the United States defend for all its citizens what is promised in the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and stated that he would never give up until these natural rights were protected, saying </P> <P> Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly . Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech . Somewhere I read of the freedom of press . Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights . And so just as I said, we aren't going to let dogs or water hoses turn us around . We aren't going to let any injunction turn us around . We are going on . </P>

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