“The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.”
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Source: The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964)
About this quote
In The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964), King uses a collective appeal to examine ethics, with attention to richer, become, materially. The practical center is the relationship between spirituality and morally and spiritually, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around richer before participants choose one measurable action related to ethics.
- A teacher pairs the passage from The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964) with a primary-source exercise about spirituality and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between become and spiritually to discuss conduct under pressure.

