Quotes about Solidarity

Doc Daneeka was Yossarian's friend and would do just about nothing in his power to help him.

Unity increases power.

The creedal disclosure of Exod. 34:6-7 and the initial "pray-back" of Moses in Numbers 14 form a tap root for Israel's recurring prayer to this You who does wonders of costly solidarity.

Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.

Quite clearly, the one thing the dominant culture cannot tolerate or co-opt is compassion, the ability to stand in solidarity with the victims of the present order. It can manage charity and good intentions, but it has no way to resist solidarity with pain or grief. So

Being truly human and living in community are inseparable. This wisdom is beautifully captured in an African proverb: "I am human only because you are human."

The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God's presence in Jesus' solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. What is redemptive is the faith that God snatches victory out of defeat, life out of death, and hope out of despair.

Mark 3:25: "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.