Quotes About Social justice

As I said in one of my songs, we're still abolishing slavery, but nobody says it's a good thing. Nobody justifies it.

No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?

I do not think an enormous permanent underclass is a very good thing to have if you're attempting to operate something that at least pretends sometimes to be a democracy.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

No government that is for the profiteers can also be for the people, and I am for the people, while the government is for the profiteers.

Women have no government.

I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.

A democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

Government may not redistribute private wealth or grant special privileges to any individual or group.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry, uneducated and without health coverage.

I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care.

People like Donald Trump, who paid zero in taxes, zero for our vets, zero for our military, zero for health and education, that is wrong.

Never stand in the way of letting God use people's actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.

I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.