Quotes about Social justice

I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.

We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.

Philanthropy combines genuine pity with the display of power and that the latter element explains why the powerful are more inclined to be generous than to grant social justice.

I have often wondered why people never want to put a stone monument of the Eight Beatitudes on a courthouse lawn. Then I realize that the Eight Beatitudes of Jesus would probably not be very good for any war, any macho worldview, the wealthy, or our consumer economy.

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.

A majority, perhaps as many as 75 percent, of abortion clinics are in areas with high minority populations. Abortion apologists will say this is because they want to serve the poor. You don't serve the poor, however, by taking their money to terminate their children.

Life is too short to help make a world you don't want to live in.)

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

What you did to one, you did to all. So they couldn't have that type of religion being taught in the prison.

Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.