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