Philosophy Quotes

"The measure of a civilization is how it expands opportunity for all."

"My heart tells me that the rights of woman are the rights of humanity."

"My heart tells me that the battle for woman's rights is the battle for humanity itself."

"The duty of every man is to contribute to the good of the community in which he lives."

"The progress of any community depends on the development of every individual in that community."

"He's a man of the world. Floating around in the general atmosphere trying to put on an act."

"Your philosophy makes you who you are."

"The method of mass civil disobedience can only succeed where the state has a conscience."

"I believe the Constitution is a living document. It grows with us."

"You can't be a lawyer and not believe in justice. That would be a contradiction."

"You can't separate the law from morality. They are intertwined."

"Beat the air and the dust will not rise."

"I have always tried to live my life with purpose and meaning."

"I believe that we are all connected and responsible for each other."

"Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor,—all men know something of poverty."

"One ever feels his two-ness in this American world."

"The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil."

"The souls of black folk contain the very essence of the American spirit."

"The American Negro has gotten social security but lost his soul."

"The educated Negro is the most unhappy in America."

"The Negro American realizes that his fate is linked with the whole human race."

"The true republic is not founded on property, but on citizenship."

"The true test of civilization is not its inventions but its compassion."

"The true measure of a society is how it treats its most powerless members."

"We must teach our children that authority without justice is tyranny."

"In the face of injustice, neutrality is itself a choice to support the oppressor."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Philosophy teaches us to question everything."

"The agitation of questions of social equality is the extreme of folly."

"The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly."