Acts of charity Quote by Vincent de Paul

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice.

— Anonymous

Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

— Henry George

Charity is not an act but a way of life, a condition of the heart.

— Robert L. Millet

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

— William Sloane Coffin

Charity should be abolished; and be replaced by justice.

— Norman Bethune

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

— Nelson Mandela

I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society…

— Rohini Nilekani

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

— John D. Rockefeller

Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable,…

— Bill Moyers

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity.

— Eduardo Galeano