The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes.… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
“It’s the same problem we struggle with when it comes to marginalizing our privilege, power, or position as we focus on the… — Richard Beck Copy Share Image
Mexico was most powerfully my father's smile and not, as you might otherwise imagine, not language, not pigment. — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
America is a nation that lies to itself about who and what it is. It is a nation of minorities ruled by… — Harold Cruse Copy Share Image
My father was a rare poet. He was somebody who worked in the trenches. When he wanted to speak about social justice… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
“The essence of economic inequality is borne out in a simple fact: there are 400 billionaires in the United States and 45… — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Copy Share Image
But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
“On January 5, 1914, Henry Ford more than doubled the minimum wage for many of his employees by introducing a $5 a… — Joseph Michelli Copy Share Image
I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
“Doing “justice and righteousness” means honoring and expressing God’s intended order and His ways for life. That means doing things that lead… — Jessica Nicholas Copy Share Image
Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice. — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Many white people experience themselves as powerless, even in the face of privilege. But the fact is that we all have a… — Beverly Daniel Tatum Copy Share Image
Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
At social justice symposium about world hunger, wonder if people are judging me for being visibly well fed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary to fact.… — Polybius Copy Share Image
We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much vaunted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe at the heart of any revolution for social justice and human dignity are consent and agency, the unequivocal belief that… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
