Social Justice Quotes

Social Justice Quote of the day

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

If you want peace then you must struggle for social justice.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.

But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

What matters is not to know the world but to change it.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

When I liberate others, I liberate myself.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.

I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.

The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.

The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth.

The only real struggle in the history of the world ... is between the vested interest and social justice.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

When we stand for social justice, we testify to the presence of the Kingdom.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

The result of the educative process is capacity for further education.

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.

Animal Rights is now the greatest Social Justice issue since the abolition of slavery.

Envy plus rhetoric equals "social justice.".

To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!

Envy is always referred to by its political alias, 'social justice.

Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone’s different needs.

Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.

Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?

The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.

Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only way to social justice, in a capitalist country, is through economic parity."

My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social justice, equality, and decency.

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.

Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.

Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.

We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology