If you don’t get caught, it’s right. [Laughter] That’s the attitude, isn’t it?

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Source: Rediscovering Lost Values (1954)

About this quote

In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine wisdom, with attention to caught, right, laughter. The practical center is the relationship between life and laughter and attitude, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

  • A community organizer builds a meeting around caught before participants choose one measurable action related to wisdom.
  • A teacher pairs the passage from Rediscovering Lost Values (1954) with a primary-source exercise about life and public responsibility.
  • A team leader uses the tension between right and attitude to discuss conduct under pressure.