TrueQuotes - Verified Quotes Archive

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot

Added on April 10, 2026

Unverified quote

0 likes

Activists from the United States Spiritual teachers Civil rights activists Anti-apartheid activists Anti-racism activists

Original Language: English

Sources

Speech to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights – Chicago (25 March 1966), as quoted in Dan Munro, "America's Forgotten Civil Right - Healthcare", Forbes (28 August 2013). See also: Amanda Moore, "Tracking Down Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words on Health Care", Huffington Post (18 August 2013)

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

Speech to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights – Chicago (25 March 1966), as quoted in Dan Munro, "America's Forgotten Civil Right - Healthcare", Forbes (28 August 2013). See also: Amanda Moore, "Tracking Down Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words on Health Care", Huffington Post (18 August 2013)