Quotes about Social justice
Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
— Malcolm X
Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution
— Frederick Douglass
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without justice, there can be no peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The political is personal.
— Gloria Steinem
What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do.
— Dorothy Day
All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
— NT Wright
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.
— Desmond Tutu
I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.
— Pope Francis