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Social Justice Quotes

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

Betty Friedan (1998). “It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement”, p.18, Harvard University Press

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

"Why do Politicians Feel Free to Hack Away at Special Education?" by Laurie Levy, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 30, 2017.

When we stand for social justice, we testify to the presence of the Kingdom.

John Wimber, Kevin Springer (2009). “Power Evangelism”, p.158, Gospel Light Publications

The result of the educative process is capacity for further education.

John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.71, Sheba Blake Publishing

Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

Philip Gourevitch (2015). “We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Picador Classic”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

W. Somerset Maugham (1954). “Mr. Maugham Himself”

They who are to be judges must also be performers.

Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.274, Aristotle

Unable to make what is just strong, we have made what is strong just.

Blaise Pascal (2013). “Pascal's Pensees”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

Goods which are not shared are not goods.

"La Celestina". Play by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.

Whites have traded their culture for power.

Eileen O'Brien (2001). “Whites Confront Racism: Antiracists and Their Paths to Action”, p.117, Rowman & Littlefield

It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have "lifestyles."

Sonia Johnson (1987). “Going Out of Our Minds: The Metaphysics of Liberation”, Crossing Pr

Sustainability is another word for justice, for what is just is sustainable and what is unjust is not.

Matthew Fox (2006). “A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity”, p.50, Simon and Schuster