--- title: "6 Our society Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr" description: "6 Our society quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus more from Martin Luther King, Jr and more Our society sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut_1125834.png" --- > [The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut-out-of-our-minds-and-driven/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut_1125834.png) > [The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-contemporary-tendency-in-our-society-is-to-base-our-distribution/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/martin-luther-king-jr-127_abundance_the-contemporary-tendency-in-our-society_1201919.png) > [We were taking the black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them eight thousand miles away to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-were-taking-the-black-young-men-who-had-been-crippled-by-our/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/martin-luther-king-jr-127_asia_we-were-taking-the-black-young-men-who-h_1381628.jpg) > [The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-sooner-our-society-admits-that-the-negro-revolution-is-no/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_easier_the-sooner-our-society-admits-that-the-n_2305012.png) > [It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/it-is-not-enough-for-me-to-stand-before-you-tonight-and-condemn-riots/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alternatives_it-is-not-enough-for-me-to-stand-before_2487582.png) > [In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-our-society-it-is-murder-psychologically-to-deprive-a-man-of-a-job/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/martin-luther-king-jr-127_cases_in-our-society-it-is-murder-psychologica_3064647.png) ## Other authors on Our society - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nelson-mandela-70785.jpg) Nelson Mandela 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/nelson-mandela/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lyndon-b-johnson-62165.jpg) Lyndon B. Johnson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/lyndon-b-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geert-wilders-37183.jpg) Geert Wilders 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/geert-wilders/) ## More by Martin Luther King, Jr > [The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-strong-man-holds-in-a-living-blend-strongly-marked-opposites/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/our-nation-was-born-in-genocide-when-it-embraced-the-doctrine-that/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somewhere-somebody-must-have-some-sense-men-must-see-that-force/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/every-genuine-expression-of-love-grows-out-of-a-consistent-and-total/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-remember-that-intelligence-is-not-enough-intelligence-plus/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I’ve been to the Mountaintop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-ve-been-to-the-mountaintop/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-supreme-task-is-to-organize-and-unite-people-so-that-their-anger/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-great-issue-of-life-is-to-harness-the-drum-major-instinct/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somebody-must-have-sense-enough-and-morality-enough-to-cut-off-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/darkness-is-only-driven-out-with-light-not-more-darkness/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/what-seems-so-necessary-today-may-not-even-be-desirable-tomorrow/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-negro-cannot-win-the-respect-of-his-oppressor-by-acquiescing-he/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-majority-of-the-negroes-who-took-part-in-the-year-long-boycott-of/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/whenever-you-are-engaged-in-work-that-serves-humanity-and-is-for-the/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-even-the-state-of-mississippi-a-desert/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-society/martin-luther-king-jr/#itemlist", "name": "6 Our society Quotes By Martin Luther King, Jr", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut-out-of-our-minds-and-driven/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut_1125834.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut_1125834.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/martin-luther-king-jr-127_country_the-poor-in-our-countries-have-been-shut_1125834.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into the overfed mouths of the middle and upper classes until they gag with superfluity. 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