Quotes About Social justice

Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.

In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

Now that I think about it, I was arrested in 1992. Some people may think of that as a bad thing, but I feel good about it. I chained myself to the gate of a phone book factory, a GTE factory in Los Angeles. They were using thousand-year-old trees to make phone books. I think that's a total waste of a tree.

Martin Luther King Jr. could have argued that separate water fountains were too expensive, a waste of money. He would have been right about that. But cost was beside the point.

Inequality is a terrible waste of time, a waste of people's resources.

Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.

The so-called world knows everything about Slobodan Milosevic. The so-called world knows the truth. But I don't know the truth. But I watch. I feel. I remember. I question.

I refuse to be one of those people who watches injustices yet does nothing.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

You can rebel in different ways. Civil disobedience is rebelling. As long as it's peaceful, of course.

Alabama's Black Belt region played a central role in both the history of our great state and our country. We cannot lose sight of the Black Belt's significant impact in the civil rights movement and the fact that this area is home to some of our state's most celebrated cultural figures.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

We cannot let it be said of modern Australia that the colour of your skin determines whether or not you end up in jail.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

We cannot be a pro-immigrant party only when it is convenient.

We cannot afford to weaponize race.

The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

The fact you have to pay 50p to use the loo in some places is the root of the world's issues.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a revolutionary, simple and plain.

As we look ahead to our very diverse future, BAJI plans to continue to be at the forefront, uniting black communities to attain racial, social, and economic justice for all.