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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes about Injustice

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‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men, Injustice, Bootstraps

Injustice and corruption will never be transformed by keeping them hidden, but only by bringing them out into the light and confronting them with the power of love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Light, Injustice, Corruption

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Doe, Moral, Injustice
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.17, Beacon Press

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Action, Injustice
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice, Injustice, Injustice Anywhere

Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rocks, Dignity, Injustice
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice, Adultery, Segregation
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
White, Black, Injustice

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