Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics. — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
“After endless cajoling, rationalizing, ego stroking, and outright begging—all to no avail—Isa decided that what Marco didn’t know wouldn’t hurt him.” — Margarita Barresi Copy Share Image
I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past. — William H. Hastie Copy Share Image
“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
True religion is a revolutionary force: it is an inveterate enemy of oppression, privilege, and injustice. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
The opposite of poverty is not wealth. ¦ In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But there is nothing idealized or romantic about the difference between a society whose arrangements roughly serve all its citizens (something otherwise… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“The choice between what we take and what we leave should emerge from a vision -- "an Islamic ideology capable of giving… — Hasan Hanafi Copy Share Image
The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
I really admire the way the fans have joined me in social justice endeavours and the charitable work that I've been involved… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
“We have a multiheaded dragon in our midst that for too long has been waging a domestic war on our young, our… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
“Time is the ultimate form of socialism. Each receives the same amount equally, yet how we manage our time is reflected by… — Donald Mol Copy Share Image
We need to advocate for social justice and reform so that all minorities are protected not only under the law but more… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
“If there’s a place for tolerance in racial healing, perhaps it has to do with tolerating my own feelings of discomfort that… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“It was Che’s dictum that it was better to execute one hundred innocent men, than to allow one clever traitor to live… — Matthew Bracken Copy Share Image
“Here again, Adventism must decide if it will move into the future and embrace the Christ who breaks down every barrier that… — Steve Daily Copy Share Image
“As existentialists as Jean-Paul Sarte learned, radical individualism can be a dead end for social justice. It is not easy to establish… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong. — Marva Collins Copy Share Image
“Thinking citizens are no good to democracy, either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist. Either you hold your mouth, mind… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
All my life, I've been lucky to work in social justice, starting as a labor organizer working with low-wage working women. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
“World needs love that transcends body. World needs truth that transcends belief. World needs honor that transcends wealth. World needs order that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
“When the Human walks, the soil revives, forgotten streets all come to life - with every step, with every beat, Awake, Arise,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and… — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes can't even hear crickets chirping — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be. — Sukarno Copy Share Image
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power. — Gamal Abdel Nasser Copy Share Image
No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
