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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King (Jr.)

Quotation #131

About This Quote

“Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 16 Apr. 1963

Extended Quotation:

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.

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

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