"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." – Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau received this insight in a jail cell and Martin Luther King reflected upon it many years later, also from a cell in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."

This was one of the core principles of the non-violent moved. it was a willingness to defy unjust laws and suffer the consequences. It melded a respect for law with a contempt for injustice in specific laws.

For King, it was this "strength to love"' that demanded a submission to unmerited suffering.

It is just a reminder that one cannot defeat bullies by becoming a bully.

I don't believe I have ever suffered this way.

The question is, would I be willing?