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Quotes About Solidarity

We communists are like seeds and the people are the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.
~ zedong mao
Without an army for the people, there is nothing for the people.
~ zedong mao ii
We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.
~ zedong mao ii
To link oneself with the masses, one must act in accordance with the needs and wishes of the masses.
~ zedong mao iii
Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
~ zedong mao iii
We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.
~ zinn howard
History is instructive. And what it suggests to people is that even if they do little things, if they walk on the picket line, if they join a vigil, if they write a letter to their local newspaper. Anything they do, however small, becomes part of a much, much larger sort of flow of energy. And when enough people do enough things, however small they are, then change takes place.
~ zinn howard
When our children fear there is danger in openly identifying as a Jew, it is indeed something that should concern us all.
~ Deborah E. Lipstadt
Women help one another survive much in this world
~ Deborah Hopkinson
The gods command that there can be only one king. But I swear that I am no better than a common soldier today, and you are as good as kings. Each man here is part of me. So what's left for the king to say? Only two words, but they are the two that your hearts want to hear. Victory.And home!" Then his command cracked like a whip. "All together—move!
~ Deepak Chopra
One thing is certain: the lesson of Bobby Sands's determination comes through. One image returns over and over again: a naked man locked up twenty-four hours in a cell, without even the most rudimentary comforts or reading materials. He turns to his cellmate and chastises him for sleeping all day. "It's a waste of your opportunities, isn't it?
~ Denis O'Hearn
the potential White ally must find others who will walk with him or her, encourage him or her to continue the journey, and form new friendships and partnerships, especially among people of color. Studies suggest that antiracist people have greater racial diversity among friends, support affirmative action, possess greater cultural sensitivity and empathy, and are more prone to take social action to rectify injustices (Spanierman et al., 2009).
~ Derald Wing Sue
For persons of color, dealing with bias and prejudice is a day-to-day occurrence. If Whites are to be helpful, their lives must also be a constant "have to" in dealing with racism.
~ Derald Wing Sue
I long to create something that can't be used to keep us passive: I want to write a script about plumbing, how every pipe is joined to every other.
~ Adrienne Rich
We have the librarians on our side. We have *justice* on our side.
~ Polly Shulman
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
~ Nelson Mandela
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
~ Abraham Lincoln
None of us is as smart as all of us.
~ Ken Blanchard
You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.
~ Elizabeth Evatt
One is too small a number to achieve greatness.
~ John C. Maxwell
Why Me? Why You? Why His? Why Hers, Why Mine? or Why Theirs? It should be We and Ours.
~ Caroline Anthonypillai
The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.
~ Andy Stern
Our province needs united leadership and shared purpose in tackling the challenges we face.
~ Jim Prentice
Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders
~ Fela Durotoye