Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of the text. based on what he writes in “letter from birmingham jail,” how has being criticized for his civil rights activism by his fellow clergymen affected martin luther king, jr.'s viewpoint? a.) it has convince him that those who value order over justice are enemies to progress. b.) it has taught him that racism is more prevalent in the church than in society at large. c.) it has proven to him that people with good intentions must be respected and listened to. d.) it has led him to believe that white moderates are the greatest allies of african americans.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.