An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing.
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.
How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? How long will it take?
I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.
If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live.
If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
If you give your life to a cause in which you believe, and if it is right and just, and if your life comes to an end as a result of this, then your life could not have been spent in a more redemptive way. I think that is what my husband has done.
Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war?
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.
Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.
Our Congress passes laws that subsidize corporations, farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia, but when they turn their attention to the poor they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on funds for Head Start.
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.
There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.
Violence diminishes our humanity.
We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.
We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.
When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.
When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.
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