Quotes about Solidarity
"I" cannot reach fulfillment without "thou." The self cannot be self without other selves. Self-concern without other-concern is like a tributary that has no outward flow to the ocean.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now that the Negro has rejected his role as an underdog, he has become more assertive in his search for identity and group solidarity; he wants to speak for himself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
God is not merely interested in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men. He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our loyalties must transend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation and this means we must develop a world perspective.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
we never quit on each other. None of us. Each of us ran into trouble, and through it all, right up to today, we all stuck together.
- Mary Connealy
Alone you are a warrior; together we are an army.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
- Maya Angelou