Social justice quotes
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. – Mahatma Gandhi
Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women. – Joss Whedon
If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. – Lilla Watson
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. – Malala Yousafzai
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. – Mahatma Gandhi
Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women. – Joss Whedon
If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. – Lilla Watson
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. – Malala Yousafzai
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. – Benjamin Franklin
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. – Audre Lorde
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power. – Wael Ghonim
In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. – Angela Davis
Your silence will not protect you. – Audre Lorde
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. – Audre Lorde
The only way to deal with injustice is to be ruthless with privilege. – Roxane Gay
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. – Robert Swan
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. – Paulo Coelho
The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. – Martin Luther King Jr.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. – Nelson Mandela
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. – Ralph Nader
No justice, no peace. – Unknown
Justice is what love looks like in public. – Cornel West
Don’t wait around for a hero to come and save you. Be the hero in your own story. – Unknown
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. – Pope John Paul II
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. – Benjamin Franklin
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. – Audre Lorde
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power. – Wael Ghonim
In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. – Angela Davis
Your silence will not protect you. – Audre Lorde
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. – Audre Lorde
The only way to deal with injustice is to be ruthless with privilege. – Roxane Gay
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. – Robert Swan
The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. – Paulo Coelho
The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. – Martin Luther King Jr.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. – Nelson Mandela
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. – Ralph Nader
No justice, no peace. – Unknown
Justice is what love looks like in public. – Cornel West
Don’t wait around for a hero to come and save you. Be the hero in your own story. – Unknown
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. – Pope John Paul II
The time is always right to stand up for what is right. – Rosa Parks
Justice is not a destination, but a journey that we must all undertake together. – Unknown