Quotes About Justice

We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King were here, he would challenge us and exhort us.

Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.

If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race.

I want to play Martin Luther King. That is absolutely a role and a character who is important to the landscape of the world that I really want to play.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on a bended knee to get it.

I think the fact people still don't realise why people are taking a knee and saying 'Black Lives Matter,' people are being so close-minded to the fact that no one is disrespecting the flag, nobody is saying all lives don't matter.

I think, in a large way, it's, 'OK, you've knelt; you've made your point.' But I don't necessarily feel like that. I don't know what that looks like. Do I kneel forever? I don't know, probably not. But I think until I can feel like I'm being more effective in other ways, then this seems appropriate to me.

Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.

The kneeling and everything, I think it really only sort of solidifies who I am as a person and the things that I stand for.

At some point in time, we're going to have to stop addressing the kneeling, and we're going to have to start addressing what led Colin Kaepernick to kneel. That's the issue that nobody wants to talk about.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

You live by the gun and knife, and die by the gun and knife.

I am a pro-democracy activist asking for free elections in Hong Kong.

We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong.

If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label.

With me, I'm going to have a label where no one is ever cheated, ever.

Those labeled felons may be denied the right to vote, are automatically excluded from juries, and may be legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education, public benefits, much like their grandparents or great grandparents may have been discriminated against during the Jim Crow era.

I am a criminal. Coming to terms with this aspect of my identity has helped me to see more clearly - with blinders off - the ways in which I have been encouraged not to feel any connection to 'them,' those labeled criminals. I see now that 'they' are me, and I am them.

It's not crime that makes us more punitive in the United States. It's the way we respond to crime and how we view those people who have been labeled criminals.

Equal pay for equal work is a fundamental concept of labor agreements.

I like to call the Department of Labor the Department of Opportunity, and that means opportunity for everyone - no matter whom you love.