Arthur Blank Quotes

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

A lot of the issues today may not affect us personally, but we can't stay in our comfort zone when it comes to protecting our brothers and sisters. We have to get out there and use our voices for them as well.

I pray with my whole soul that the divide-and-conquerers among us will not triumph over us. We need each other in this world so desperately.

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

We have to take our anger and rage and channel it into building, growing, loving, holding each other up.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

We are the world.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

I hope that 9/11 has grouped us as one, and in doing so it has united us. Perhaps as a unit we can help each other get ahead, survive and succeed in this free world. And hey guys, let's not forget out manners!!

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.

Common sense suggests that if no one ever judged other people, there would be no real human community.

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

I want the people who listen to my music to feel the feeling that I feel, to cry the cry that I cry - justice. I want them to feel in their hearts the need for justice.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

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

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Let's resolve to never be a bystander in the fight for human dignity

Let me emphatically point out that … sympathy is useless unless it is accompanied by indignation, and indignation is useless if it exhausts itself in words instead of taking shape in deeds.

There are times … when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

The things that divide us in politics are infinitesimal compared with the dignity of our common humanity.