words ring true even today (sadly)

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."

~ April 4, 1967 (exactly a year before his assassination) Dr. ML King ("Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City)