Rubio, Phil. "Antiwar King." The News & Observer.
(January 14, 2006). Retrieved January 30, 2006 from the World Wide Web at
http://www.newsobserver.com/580/story/388231.html.
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination, notes were found among his personal
effects that included the following "Vietnam Ten Commandments." Coretta
Scott King incorporated these into a speech given at the National Mobilization
Committee protest at Central Park in 1967. These commandments are:
- Thou shalt not believe in a military victory.
- Thou shalt not believe in a political victory.
- Thou shalt not believe that they (the Vietnamese) love us.
- Thou shalt not believe that the Saigon government has the support of the people.
- Thou shalt not believe that the majority of the South Vietnamese look upon the
Viet Cong as terrorists.
- Thou shalt not believe the figures of killed enemies or killed Americans.
- Thou shalt not believe that the generals know best.
- Thou shalt not believe that the enemy's victory means Communism.
- Thou shalt not believe that the world supports the United States.
- Thou shalt not kill.
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