Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Progress

MLK Top quotes on Progress: Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s lasting legacy by reading  his best progress quotes.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes on Progress

• ” 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.
• ” People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. “― 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.
• ” We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” What is wrong in the world today is that the nations of the world are engaged in a bitter, colossal contest for supremacy. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” 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.
• ” A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. “― Martin Luther King Jr.
• ” The more there are riots, the more repressive action will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society. “― Martin Luther King Jr.