Ann Cotton Quotes

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

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

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.

You can't build a new society by violating the rights of others.

I wanted to help the world be more just.

The more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

I just want people to be equal and fair to each other.

I'm human. But overall, whenever I see anyone being made fun of or given a hard time, I rush to their defense. I want to help them because I know how it feels.

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Transcend political correctness and strive for human righteousness.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.

I think it's never too late to learn - or it's a lesson that's good to continue learning - that you need to treat everyone on a set with respect.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.

If you want peace work for justice.

We should be tolerant, fair, open, and we should understand the rights that all people have in our society.