“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”
He may have turned into a celebrity sideshow towards the end of his life, but no one starts out the way he ended up.He was always portrayed as an individual who never had a real childhood and so, in his adulthood, he tried to relive that and grasp at what he had never had. He was portrayed, originally, as an innocent and sometimes naive individual who trusted too easily and and got tricked in return. No one, and I mean NO ONE, will know for sure what the man did in his later years or what demons (inwards and outward ones) he had to struggle with. And throwing around accusations without proof is the mark of immature irresponsibility.
The quote above – with ALL Jackson was accused of doing – bears a very optimistic and deep understanding of life.
Strip the quote right down to the words, eliminating the origin of the quote, the circumstances and the perceptions of the man and analyze those words in depth. If we do that we may come away with the formula for making the world a better place.