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

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”

Martin Luther King

1 quote

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is app...”

Wendell Berry

1 quote

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.”

Darwin

1 quote

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.”

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?”

Desmond Tutu

1 quote

If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

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.”