Quotes about Solidarity

This created a sense of solidarity, which caused great concern among the white authorities. The government had always utilized divide-and-rule tactics when dealing with Africans and depended on the strength of ethnic divisions among the people. But in places like Alexandra, these differences were being erased.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I am because we are.

You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”