Logo
Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a strik

Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Martin Luther King Day
category

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. – Bishop Desmond Tutu

Category:
Martin Luther King Day

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence. – Juvenal

Category:
Martin Luther King Day

The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Category:
Martin Luther King Day

Random Quotes

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process. – Stephen King

Category:
best

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life. – Thomas Mann

Category:
Death

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldnt if you knew better. – Brian Eno

Category:
Knowledge

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. – Auguste Comte

Category:
Knowledge