Shaun King Quotes

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand that social justice belongs to us all. And that wakes me up every morning, and that makes me fight even harder.

Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!

We are living in tumultuous times, and our focus should be fighting against the oppression and injustices that are against us - not battling those who are on the same side of seeking justice and peace.

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.

My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.

Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

Liberty without equality is a name of noble sound and squalid result.

We are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people. They almost instinctively had to be on the side of the disenfranchised, of the voiceless ones, fighting injustice, oppression and evil.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve.

Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

I am not the least bit surprised that injustice persists. I'm also not surprised that resistance to injustice persists.

You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own.

We must speak up for those who do not dare to speak, those who are not allowed to, and those who cannot.

World leaders and, particularly, Muslim religious leaders need to stand up and protect the oppressed.

Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, why don't the adults around here just say something? Say it so they know we don't accept segregation? I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there's no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'

I want to thank the fans across the country who have supported me in this effort to fight for equality and justice. I want to thank those that have dedicated their lives to this fight, as I know that it is not easy. And I want to challenge those who stay silent to be courageous and use your platforms to become part of the solution. God Bless.

It's always important, when we experience injustice in this nation, that people in power understand that we will not take that injustice quietly.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.

Fear is the greatest form of oppression. The best way to rise up in protest is to live your life to its fullest!

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.