Rohini Nilekani Quotes

We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.

The real power of any movement is how we work together with other social justice movements.

I believe we can make progress on bringing true equality and fairness back to our government if we continue to work together and make our voices heard.

When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.

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.

Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

We need to do more than just what is right. We need to join together and right what is wrong.

In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement! The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there any reason to believe we are done?

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement

I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to hear these voices because they are beautiful voices.

Our party has always been the voice of the powerless and the voiceless.

Our party’s always been the place you can come to wherever there’s injustice. That’s what the Democratic Party’s for. That’s why it was born. That’s why it survives. So the poor and the downtrodden and the bended can have a place to turn.

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.

Champion of the People’s Rights

Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.