Social Justice Quotes

People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

For a better world, we need education. nevertheless, more than education, we need people with common sense.

Apathy is not compatible with love

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowering others––especially the least of these, the precious and priceless wretched of the earth!

I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I called 'helping' them.

It is the people who are displeased with injustice that can be a channel for social justice.

Those who fight for social justice and the rights of people will count any other thing as unimportant.

You can be a person with a strong passion or holy anger and be furious in a way that will make the society safer, godly, with social justice and equity.

Efficiency was just a measurement of how fast money moved from the poor to the rich. We prefer the opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice.

Let's make justice a process, not an afterthought

It would take me a long time to understand how systems inflict pain and hardship in people's lives and to learn that being kind in an unjust system is not enough.

Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.

The fight for truth...is not just our right as free citizens of free societies. It is our duty as citizens of the earth.

It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it "social justice".

Seek justice: Make a commitment to serve the needs of the ‘least of these’ and give voice to the voiceless.

Let's make progress justice a process, not an afterthought

Justice is to social justice like a chair to an electric chair.

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment.

For me I see the world as one big nation, where everyone in it is a citizen, so it is our responsibility to make it better.

I didn't say I can change the whole world with all it entirety alone. But I can strike on a lot of things and cause a rift, and bring so many things together.

Wisdom is using your head, separating right from wrong, and doing what is right.

We refused to be what world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.

We refused to be what the world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.

We are revolutionaries for peace and freedom not violence. And we are going to fight through creativity rather than aggression.

The church wanted us to give out food to malnourished children, but they didn't want us to question why they were malnourished to begin with.

We don't need any more writers as solitary heroes. We need a heroic writer's movement: assertive, militant, pugnacious.

We've got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.

You don't have to be a billionaire to believe you can make a difference. Give your resources to a charity and volunteer in your community.

The stigma of mental illness is first and foremost a social justice issue!

I do what I can, ' I said. 'When I can do more, I will. You know that.

Extract and expel implicit biases from your work life. Don't taint our visitors with your bias and views. Allow them to form their own conclusions where it's developmentally appropriate.

For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.

It's just as important to be around people that influence stable mental health as it is working towards it.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.

Museum education has the power and the responsibility to do the challenging inner work of tackling tough topics and turning them into teachable moments.

Tough topics are only tough for those who don't want to approach conversation, who don't like problematizing the status quo and nuancing the narrative.

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

If you can do nothing else, do whatever is in your power to make the people in your life feel completely unashamed of who they are.

We are at war, and in time of war there is only one rule. Form your battalion and fight.

Yes, you can make a difference! You can speak on behalf of those who are voiceless.

Those who oppose equality, compassion and social justice have been on the wrong side of history time and time again.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal.

[I]n America, wrongs can be righted, warriors can wear skirts and blouses, and the bravest heartsmay beat in girlsonly five feet tall.

A truly evolved society is one which is measured by how well it treats the least of its members.

Club Hate' does not admit fine people to it's membership.

I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard