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I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me that I was born into it. It is hard to be born into the experience in the world of poverty and not develop some instinct for survival and resistance to those things that oppress you.

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.

The sight of preventable evil is painful ... he who preaches patience and reliance upon natural progress is thought callous.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.

I don't understand why people who have the most power, say people like Amitabh Bachchan, are silent on most issues.

How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?

However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it's not aggressive or overly didactic. I'm trying to find that form.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.

As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor.

I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that.

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.

I like to be able to raise people's consciousness, yes. And to remind that those of us involved in the receiving end of the oppression, we have a duty.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

I feel a real sense of duty to use the voice and the platform I've been afforded by my fame to speak out for those whose voices don't get a chance to be heard.

I'd ask myself, 'What do I think is really unjust?' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world.