Carl Safina Quotes

The motive power of democracy is love.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

Could we not argue that America is about freedom, whether we live it out or not, but it really is about freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that's what church is all about.

Liberty: I hope to see the time when all mankind will enjoy its blessings.

Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort.

I come from people who dreamed of a free democratic system. I believe so strongly in the process and equal access.

The fight for democracy relies on community support.

I can't speak for the rest, but I think the little India all of us carry in our hearts should be good enough for us individually to take a step to help ensure that same freedom and justice that our constitution guarantees is given to all.

At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

I insist that people - wherever they live - have their rights and they must be able to fight for them.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy.

I'm very proud that we stood for the proposition that no man, woman or child should ever have to live in tyranny. We believed in democracy and promoted it.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.

If you want peace, work for justice.

It took America three-quarters of a century of agitation and four years of war to learn the meaning of the word "Liberty." God grant to teach us by easier lessons the meaning of the words, "equal rights.

Liberty and equality ... will best be attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who profess the obligations of Christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of every part of the human race, from whatever burden of oppression they may labour under.

We stand for a nobler America; we stand for a broader liberty, a fuller justice; we stand for intelligent co-operation instead of reckless competition; we stand for mutual helpfulness instead of mutual hatred; we stand for equal rights as a fact of life instead of a catch-word of politics; we stand for the rule of the people as a practical truth instead of a meaningless pretense.