Quotes About Social justice

Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.

Nelson Mandela saw the potential of Africa and dedicated his life to changing the world in which we live while inspiring a movement towards social justice, peace and equal human rights.

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.

I'd love to challenge myself and play characters that overcome experiences like homelessness or abuse, because social justice is really important to me.

To me poverty, mental health, and addictions don't sound like criminal justice problems. They sound to me like a social justice problem.

If you want to destroy the planet, you can kiss social justice goodbye. The earth comes first.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.

It gets to whether we're a teacher-education model or a movement for social justice. I would say we're about the latter.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.

A primary justification for a basic income is social justice.

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom from hunger. These are our most fundamental needs as social creatures.

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

As my audience grew more diverse, I started interjecting social justice advocacy and commentaries about LGBT equality, and it just kept growing more.

In England, more than in any comparable country, those who are born poor are more likely to stay poor, and those who inherit privilege are more likely to pass on privilege. For those of us who believe in social justice, this stratification and segregation are morally indefensible.

Social justice and economics are both issues to me.

A new business model based on old principles of social justice where people matter - now that's a revolutionary way to reduce inequality.

My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.

Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.

Something we learned from foster kids after sitting down with them to hear their stories is that so many of them are invested in social justice, and they're all invested in making the system better for the kids behind them.