Justice Quotes

What is fair? What is right? Voices from history weigh in on the most fundamental human question.

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"Racism, sexism, and all forms of discrimination are immoral."
Gloria Steinem
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"The goal is not to make women stronger; it is to stop making society so hostile to strength in women."
Gloria Steinem
"In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that provide energy for change."
Audre Lorde
"There is no such thing as a safe oppression."
Audre Lorde
"Institutionalized rejection of difference is a matter of survival for those with power."
Audre Lorde
"To acknowledge a hierarchy of oppressions is not to dismiss the legitimacy of any one person's struggle."
Audre Lorde
"The oppressed are expected to stretch out our necks for the executioner's blade, all in the name of progress and forgiveness."
Audre Lorde
"There is no single cause. There is no single enemy. There is only the web of systems that hold us captive."
Audre Lorde
"We must demand better for ourselves and our children, not because we are special, but because we are human."
Audre Lorde
"Earth is not dying, it is being killed. And those who are killing it have names and addresses."
Vandana Shiva
"Patents on life are patents on our future."
Vandana Shiva
"Food democracy means people having power over their food systems."
Vandana Shiva
"Pollution is a form of violence."
Vandana Shiva
"The corporate takeover of agriculture is a takeover of life itself."
Vandana Shiva
"Industrial food systems prioritize profit over people and planet."
Vandana Shiva
"Pesticides are a form of chemical warfare against the earth."
Vandana Shiva
"Patriarchy and the domination of nature are interconnected."
Vandana Shiva
"The solution to hunger is not more production but more justice."
Vandana Shiva
"Food is a right, not a privilege."
Vandana Shiva
"Chemicals in food are a slow form of violence."
Vandana Shiva
"The corporate control of seeds is the corporate control of life."
Vandana Shiva
"Every action for the earth is an action for justice."
Vandana Shiva
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"We need an economy that serves all of creation, not just corporations."
Winona LaDuke
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"The food system is a weapon of war against poor people and people of color."
Winona LaDuke
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"Food sovereignty is the foundation of all sovereignty."
Winona LaDuke
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"Economic justice and environmental justice are the same struggle."
Winona LaDuke
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"Land back is not charity - it is justice."
Winona LaDuke
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"Intellectual property theft has stolen our plants and our knowledge."
Winona LaDuke
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"Economic justice is the foundation of all justice."
Winona LaDuke
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"Feminism means wanting social, political and economic equality of the sexes."
Angela Davis