; Whereas such an observation remains particularly relevant today, as people in cities nationwide are rising up in protest against injustices such as police brutality and are similarly urged to air their grievances peacefully; Whereas Dr. King made a powerful call for a true revolution in values, stating that such a revolution will lay hand on the world order and say of war, This way of settling differences is not just. This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. [...] America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from molding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood. ; Whereas Dr. King warned of prioritizing war spending of that for social welfare, declaring that A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. ; Whereas this warning is particularly applicable today, given recent proposals for dramatic increases in military spending, on top of a budget that is already far greater than that of any other nation on earth, combined with sharp reductions in social welfare programs