Quotes about Social justice
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!
- Joni Eareckson Tada
What is the point of standing up for rights in a world where few stand up for their responsibilities? Your rights will do you little good unless others are responsible
- Dallas Willard
Our great nation put a man on the moon, but it can't train its cops to distinguish between an ordinary brown-skinned brother and a criminal.
- Jeffrey Wright
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
- Desmond Tutu
If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
- Glenn Beck
There are a lot of people doing social justice things, which is great. But we can't just say, 'Here's some food. Here's some stuff.' We have to be able to give the gospel, share the hope and have a real heart for that.
- Jeremy Camp
Martin Luther King Jr. was an impassioned advocate of economic justice as well as social justice.
- Martin Luther King III
A socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.
- George Bernard Shaw
When talking about human rights, in truth we're referring to men's rights. If a man is beaten and deprived of his freedom, it's called torture. When a woman endures the same, it's called domestic violence and is still considered a private matter in most of the world.
- Isabel Allende
The man of good heart maintained that a moral crisis is produced when the same affluent Catholics (religious people) who faithfully go to mass (church) deny their workers a dignified wage. These words should be engraved on the thousand-peso note, so we never forget them.
- Isabel Allende
If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
- Toni Morrison
If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have serious problem.
- Toni Morrison