Best quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. on Justice

Checkout quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. on Justice

  • Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
    - Martin Luther King, Jr.