Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.

Freedom is not enough.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

The hungry and homeless don't care about liberty any more than they care for cultural heritage.

This is not a question of expediency, but of right. In antebellum days the proposition was not, “Are the blacks good enough to be free?” but, “Have they the right?” So today the question is not, “Will outrages result from freeing humanity?” but, “Has it the right to life, the means of life, the opportunities of happiness?”

Prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty.

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.

When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives, when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights.

I would like the world to know that Yemeni women are strong, and if empowered, they can achieve. The world needs to look beyond stereotypes and dress code. In our hearts, we are just human beings who want to live a dignified life. Is that too much to ask for?

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

Emancipation - what is meant by it? Simply that the slaves shall cease to be held as property and shall henceforth be held and treated as human beings. Simply, that we should take our feet from off their necks.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversive for expressing his suffering.

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

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.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.