Billy Bragg Quotes

I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

If you want peace, work for justice.

There is no way to produce peace at the expense of anyone’s freedom.

… you can have peace at the barrel of a gun, but unless you have peace with justice and self-determination, and allow people to exist in a way where they feel they have had justice done, they can determine their own future, you will never have a just situation, you will never have peace.

We all avow to struggle for making this country a welfare state where everyone is allowed to spend life on the basis of social justice and where everyone can live in peace and honour.

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.

I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.

I have come to one firm conviction after these many years of trying to figure out the plain truth of things. The best chance for achieving peace and prosperity, for the maximum number of people worldwide, is to pursue the cause of liberty. If you find this to be a worthwhile message, spread it throughout the land.

The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together.

The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

Let us take care of our rights and we therein take care of our prosperity. Slavery is ever preceded by sleep

Without justice, there can be no peace.

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

Peace without justice is an impossibility.

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

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity.

The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.