Injustice Anywhere Quotes:

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.86, Beacon Press

topic: Inspirational, Atlanta, Injustice Anywhere, Interrelatedness, Birmingham

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Wisdom, Peace, Freedom, Social Equality, Social Injustice

Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Justice And Injustice, Injustice Anywhere, Interconnected World, Clamor

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Sad, Wisdom, Bad Relationship, Social Equality, Social Movements

I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

topic: Destiny, Atlanta, Ideas, Injustice Anywhere, Interrelatedness

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Acceptance, Evil, Historical, Injustice Anywhere, Cooperating

Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Ideas, Outsiders, Injustice Anywhere

King Hussein of Jordan dedicated his life - I witnessed it in his sleeping as well as waking hours - to trying to break through the impasses keeping people apart. He understood that the security and prosperity of any one of us in this world depends on the security and prosperity enjoyed by others. As Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In the Middle East, nothing could be more true.

- Queen Noor of Jordan

topic: Kings, Sleep, Break Through, Injustice Anywhere, Impasse

I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.

- Coretta Scott King

source: Reuters, March 31, 1998.

topic: Dream, Brother, Kings, Injustice Anywhere, Gay People

Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Justice, Injustice, Injustice Anywhere

As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement that still motivates us today...So today, we take up the cause of joining arms with our immigrant brothers and sisters in that spirit... to lend a hand to those who confront injustice as a result of a broken immigration system.

- Steven Horsford

source: "Why Immigration Reform Is Part of the Civil Rights Struggle" by Arturo Conde, abcnews.go.com. March 1, 2013.

topic: Brother, Kings, Rights, Injustice Anywhere

Injustice anywhere is an assault on all of us. That means that we all can get busy.

- Bill Ayers

source: "The Rumpus Long Interview with Bill Ayers". Interview with Scott Hutchins, therumpus.net. February 20, 2009.

topic: Mean, Injustice, Busy, Injustice Anywhere