Social Justice Quotes

The Internet is accelerating the speed of acceptance and social justice.

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

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.

Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

The roster of Nobel Peace Prize winners, though it has some strange people on it from time to time, tends to feature folks who fought for social justice in a nonviolent and constructive way somehow.

A 'social justice' society is a conflict which locks beneficiaries and victims alike in a struggle without end. It becomes a society torn apart by resentment over the wealth of capitalists.

The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.

Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes cant even hear crickets chirping.

Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

I am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.

Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.

God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!

When do corporations begin to lose their credibility? They fought Social Security, Medicare, auto safety. They fought every social justice movement in this country.

... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice.

People create social conditions and people can change them.

It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.

The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

Equality of opportunity is the essence of social justice.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.

This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.

Rules of taste enforce structures of power.

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.

My sister is bold, independent, and not afraid to wear overalls. Some of her first words as a child were "that's not fair," and she's been committed to social justice ever since. She's my hero.

[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.

It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

Unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong just.

The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession.

The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.

I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice.

Whites have traded their culture for power.