Justice Quotes

"The struggle against racism must be understood as a collective effort."

"We have to address the root causes of inequality, not just the symptoms."

"I have a profound commitment to the pursuit of justice."

"Our primary responsibility is to the liberation of all oppressed people."

"We must invest in people, not prisons."

"What we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves."

"We must resist the systems that commodify all life."

"We must protect the water, the air, and the soil for all beings."

"To protect indigenous rights is to protect the planet."

"The struggle for indigenous rights is the struggle for life itself."

"Every woman knows the experience of being verbally abused by men."

"The object of male chauvinism is not to safeguard male superiority but to prevent female equality."

"The law cannot make an opportunity. The law can only secure the right to opportunity."

"A woman who must beg for her humanity has already lost it."

"The greatest crime is to refuse to acknowledge another person's humanity."

"Patriarchy demands of women that we become murderers of ourselves."

"The work of justice requires patience and love."

"Memory is a form of resistance; to remember is to refuse erasure."

"The fight for justice requires us to be fully human and fully alive."

"To be oppressed is to be taught that your humanity is questionable."

"Justice is not a destination; it is a practice we engage in daily."

"The work of justice is work that must be done with love."

"Our intersecting struggles demand intersecting solutions."

"Racism, in the first place, is a personal opinion, and at the same time the opinion of the many."

"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings."

"Prisons do not disappear problems; they disappear people."

"Women are human beings, first and foremost, not just wives and mothers."

"Equality means women have the right to make meaningful choices about their lives."

"Women deserve the right to pursue ambitions beyond the domestic sphere."

"To move beyond racism, we must begin to see color."