Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude.”

Others on Social Justice

Tocqueville

3 quotes

The greatest difficulty in antiquity with that of altering the law; among the moderns, it is that of altering the manner...”

Toni Morrison

2 quotes

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allow”

Napoleon

2 quotes

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”

Ambrose Bierce

1 quote

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of r...”

Imran Khan

1 quote

When you remove the concept of reward and punishment on merit, the result is the utter destruction of social fabric.”

Terry Pratchett

1 quote

TO CHANGE THE FATE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL IS TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”

Audre Lorde

1 quote

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”

John le Carré

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My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.”

Thomas Mann

1 quote

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.”

Spinoza

1 quote

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society a...”

Pope John Paul II

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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”

Bertolt Brecht

1 quote

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes”