21st century Quote by Nicholas D. Kristof Download Open image “It’s time for a 21st-century abolitionist movement in the U.S and around the world.” — Nicholas D. Kristof ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare 21st century Abolitionist Abolitionist Movement Around the world Century Movement Time World
“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
“It has come as a great revelation to me that abolitionist is different from the desire for racial equality. Color prejudice is at the… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“This is the biggest lot of abolitionist trash I ever saw.” “No it isn’t,” I said. “That book wasn’t even written until a century… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“This is central to the development of feminist abolitionist theories and practices: we have to learn how to think and act and struggle against… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
“It's both a tremendous obligation and honor to undertake the unfulfilled work of the best of our abolitionist precursors--those who did not only want the abolition of white supremacist slavery and normalized anti-Black violence, but who also recognized that the greatest promise of abolitionism was a comprehensive transformation of a civilization in which the sanctity of white civil society was… — Dylan Rodriguez Copy Share
Enslaving each other was what human beings had done for ages. And the abolitionist movement was greeted with incredulity. Conservative spokesmen ridiculed the abolitionists… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women. — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
“Over a century ago, prodded by the demands of four million men and women just emerging from slavery, Americans made their first attempt to live up to the noble professions of their political creed - something few societies have ever done. The effort produced a sweeping redefinition of the nation's public life and a violent reaction that ultimately destroyed much,… — Eric Foner Copy Share
“I would like to see us grow in developing a deep understanding of the need for healing as an abolitionist practice. Many of us come to this work with our own wounds--whether from childhood trauma, racism, homophobia, or the violence of police and prisons. In fact, many of us draw energy and inspiration from these wounds and the anger they… — Julia Sudbury Copy Share
We are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the United States. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Copy Share Image
“Abolition is not some disstant future but something we create in every moment when we say no to the traps of empire and yes… — Eric A. Stanley Copy Share Image
Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Palestinian militancy has accomplished nothing but increasing the misery of the Palestinian people. If Palestinians instead turned more to huge Gandhi-style nonviolence resistance campaigns,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
American airstrikes...create risks, especially if our intelligence there is rusty. The crucial step, and the one we should apply diplomatic pressure to try to… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“You know it’s the 21st Century when someone TEXTS you from the washroom to ask you to bring them a roll of toilet paper.” — Comic Strip Mama Copy Share Image
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Maybe we need a tax credit for the poorest Americans to buy a laptop. Now, maybe that's wrong, maybe that's expensive, maybe we can't… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
The 20th century has been marked by cynicism, selfishness, greed, and the desire to please, all without changing the status quo. In the 21st… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Facebook, Twitter...Welcome to The 21st Century...Where Someone can stalk you without leaving the couch!.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human Race is all over universe! And I am the first person to inform you. I am the most influential person of this decade… — Ashwani Kumar Ojha Copy Share Image
Like the railroads that brought us together in the 19th century, these trails will bring us together in the 20th and 21st centuries. (at… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image