Quotes About Solidarity

I connect deeply with SAVE's mission and I realize it doesn't matter which specific group you're fighting for, that everyone deserves equality, everyone deserves safety, and everyone deserves to be able to live their lives free of hate, fear and discrimination.

The Mississippi of 1920 was an exceptionally dangerous place for Black people. But my grandfather deeply believed in helping create opportunities to African-Americans to lift themselves up to create a better life for their families and doing everything possible to bring his people together.

Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?

I don't believe in getting into a blame-game or credit-hogging mode whether a film works or not. We are in it together, no matter what the result.

Female empowerment is always something that I've felt. It's not about just being a model; it's about women in general.

Models need to be unionized.

It's always been my mom and I against the world.

It's no beef with Tay-K... Free Tay-K on my momma.

A lot of groups, they get put together. But we don't even think of each other as a group. I don't think I'm in a group with two other guys, where I don't know their moms and their grandmas, their aunties, and I don't know where they came from. This is my immediate family. These are the only people I know. That's why we be around each other so much.

I never thought I had the monopoly on struggle or suffering.

What's good for America is great for Montana.

I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can't do that, once every two months or every four months.

Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we're all creatures of the same God.

The #MeToo campaign is monumental. It is giving a voice to so many too scared to speak out before.

Morality is very important. We have to be together.

The 21st century is significantly different from the 20th century. The old models will not hold anymore. More and more, we are one people on Earth. We need to share our problems.

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.

I want more people to speak up about issues, like equal pay.

I think, more than anything, in times of crisis we should be shedding party labels.

Helping people, moreover those coming from where you grew up, this is the most important. Not everyone can succeed, but at least you can to act for them.

One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.

The team is the most important thing.

That's one of the most powerful things in dance music - the DJs are so connected and help each other.

Women without children can help mothers, and we can just be all in this together.