Quotes About Injustice

As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

The walls are the publishers of the poor.

We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up.

A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred.

Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night.

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of the cause that is intended to alleviate their miseries.

What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?

life is unfair, if you are weak, tour out

life is unfair, if you are weak, your out

Once you witness an injustice, you are no longer an observer but a participant." ~ June Callwood.