Lutheran World Relief Quotes

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

The vision of Israel's prophets became the pillar of fire leading the struggle in support of the weak and the different towards equality.

My mom has always taught me to stand up for people who don't have a voice.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all.

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

I build no system. I ask an end to privilege, the abolition of slavery, equality of rights, and the reign of law. Justice, nothing else; that is the alpha and omega of my argument: to others I leave the business of governing the world.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus.

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

If you want peace work for justice.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I hope that my writing won't be affected too much by my personal life.

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.

Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.