Standing Up For What You Believe Is Right

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The definition of "right" is confirming with or conformable to justice, law or mortality. although that is the "correct" definition, everyone has a different opinion of their own. It is important to take a stand for what you believe is right because it creates change and exercises your first amendment right.

Standing up for what you believe creates change by persuading people to buy in you point of view. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded millions to treat the black race as equal to the white race. "That little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." this quote by Martin Luther King Jr. shows how invested he was into creating change and how his goal

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