History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this peri

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.

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
good
category

A good laugh is sunshine in the house. – William Makepeace Thackeray

Category:
good

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. – Ernest Hemingway

Category:
good

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. – Thomas Aquinas

Category:
good

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
good

Random Quotes

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. – Plato

Category:
parenting

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off. – Bryan Ferry

Category:
Music

Lavishness is not generosity. – Thomas Fuller

Category:
Generosity

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
great