Social justice Quotes

"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."

"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed. If you, not just you in this room tonight, but in all the thousands of other rooms like this one about the world today and tomorrow and next week, will do this, not as a class or classes, but as individuals, men and women, you will change the earth."

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

"A right delayed is a right denied."

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time"

"The truth about racism: It’s all about control."

"Activism is my rent for living on the planet."

"Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry."

"Every gun that is made every warship launched every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed those who are cold and are not clothed"

"We cannot be content to sit back and watch as some are subjugated by domination and violence because we are all part of one human family"

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners"

"The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the state of emergency in which we live is not the exception but the rule"

"I believe the soul of this nation is defined by the people who choose to stand, to stand up to the abuse of power, to stand up for the least among us, to stand up for those who would break the country to get rich or get elected"

"The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity."