Quotes About Social justice

We must have a blueprint not only for a guided economy but for a social order based on justice and ensuring the well-being of the people.

There is nothing of greater importance to the well-being of society at large - of man as well as woman - than the true proper position of woman.

The concept of historical necessity is the product of rational thought and arrived in Russia by the Western route. The idea of the noble savage, of an inherently good human nature hampered by bad institutions, of the ideal state, of social justice and so forth - none of these originated or blossomed on the banks of the Volga.

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all.

It's very easy for the U.S. or Western Europe to have this moral line of right versus wrong, and you go, 'Well, that's breaking the law.' 'Why?' 'Because it's the law.'

We need to make sure that we have an honest, honest conversation and that we engage honest practices around how racism operates in this country. It's not just about people being mean to each other.

America preaches integration and practices segregation.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

In bonded labour cases, judges would ask me why I had brought those people to the courts who stank. 'You are here precisely for them,' I would respond.

The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.

I have no love for those who consider themselves 'good people' but stand idly by as the world crumbles around them. It's not enough to personally not do damage. If you're present as someone else destroys what's around you and you do nothing, you helped them.

The Weinstein story and the way it has shaken the roots of Hollywood has made apparent the fact that, across the world, there is a pressing need to recognize and correct the circumstances women subsist in, in order to move forward.

I'm not pretending I can change the world, or to be an expert on social and political affairs. But I certainly have a right to say when something is wrong.

Some issues just need to be dealt with - that we're still dealing with in the world, with police brutality and racism.

There are people getting screwed in our country every single second, minute, hour of the day. And if by our work, we can decrease that number, we'll make a difference; we'll be doing our jobs.

It is unevolved to want to celebrate the architects and defenders of slavery.

The people are not defending political interests. They are defending the idea of living in a civilized country.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

I don't care who the president is - it ain't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.

I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist.

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.