Quotes About Solidarity

Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it.

More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

THERE IS NOT a Black America and a white America and a Latino America and an Asian America. There's the United States of America.

communities had never been a given in this country, at least not for Blacks. Communities had to be created, fought for, tended like gardens.

We are made for this moment, and we will seize it-so long as we seize it together.

The idea that our common humanity mattered more than our differences was stitched into my DNA.

My liberty depends on you being free, too.

In uncertain times, Mr. President," the prime minister said, "the call of religious and ethnic solidarity can be intoxicating. And it's not so hard for politicians to exploit that, in India or anywhere else.

But know this America: we will meet them

That is the one thing that makes me a Democrat, I suppose - this idea that our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidarity, should express themselves not just in the church or the mosque or the synagogue; not just on the blocks where we live, in the places where we work, or within our own families; but also through our government.

Thanks for sticking with this," Axe said, his voice choked up. I put my arm around him, feeling my own emotions swell. "This is why we do the work," I said. "This. Right here.

If we won, it would mean that I wasn't alone in believing that the world didn't have to be a cold, unforgiving place, where the strong preyed on the weak and we inevitably fell back into clans and tribes, lashing out against the unknown and huddling against the darkness

I don't distinguish between struggling with the world and struggling with myself . . . I enter a pact with other people, other forces in the world, that their problems are mine and mine are theirs . . . The minute others imprint my senses, they become me and I must deal with them or else close part of myself off and make myself and the world smaller, lukewarm.

To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.

Le problème au milieu d'une telle panique financière et dans une économie capitaliste moderne, c'est qu'il était impossible de faire la distinction entre les bonnes et les mauvaises entreprises, ou de ne châtier que les irresponsables et les crapuleux. Que cela nous plaise ou non, nous étions tous dans le même bateau.

America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word "We." "We The People." "We Shall Overcome." "Yes We Can." That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.

In their heroic efforts—going door-to-door to register voters, sitting down at lunch counters, and marching to freedom songs—I saw the possibility of practicing the values my mother had taught me; how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody.

They chanted and stomped and swore to never leave

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now. Yes, our path is harder – but it leads to a better place. Yes our road is longer – but we travel it together. We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes...

We are not as divided as it seems.

we will learn to live together, cooperate with one another, and recognize the dignity of others, or we will perish.

how you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up. This was true democracy at work—democracy not as a gift from on high, or a division of spoils between interest groups, but rather democracy that was earned, the work of everybody. The result was not just a change in material conditions but a sense of dignity for people and communities, a bond between those who had once seemed far apart.

1963: "We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.