Janet Suzman Quotes

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.

Oppress not a hired servant ... whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers in the land.

Our family were outsiders, and I've always had a sense of the outsider, the underdog, and a strong sense of justice towards people who are excluded.

The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

It blows my mind that anyone could be unkind to anyone.

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Our concern is with the loss of tolerance, the absence of compassion and the downgrading of fairness as expressed in this neo-conservative age.

Do not allow your hatred of a people to incite you not to act equitably.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

I think everybody should have the same anger towards the injustice that's happening and the hatred that's happening, and just fight it with love and compassion.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

As progressives, we care about the well-being of others. We are soft-hearted and have aloha, respect, compassion for others, and we don't like to see anyone suffering.

My father was a humanitarian, but he didn't side one way or another with any certain right's groups. He just believed in people.

Denying any person their humanity is a game we should all stop playing.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.

I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.

For me, I treat everyone like an equal.

I long ago vowed, as Batman did before me, never to make fun of stuff that people couldn't help. Because it's (1) easy and (2) not fair. There are plenty of things that people have complete control over that are worthy of ridicule.

We're all human, and growing up you learn that the world isn't always kind.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.