“We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.”
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...”
Napoleon
2 quotes“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
Toni Morrison
2 quotes“All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allow”
Desmond Tutu
1 quote“If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Michelle Obama
1 quote“There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.”
William S. Burroughs
1 quote“There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1 quote“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the whe...”
Muhammad Ali
1 quote“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.”
Adrienne Rich
1 quote“Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race...”
Hillary Clinton
1 quote“Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.”
Che Guevara
1 quote“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
Alan Moore
1 quote“Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”