Deeyah Khan Quotes

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

Protests, such as those in favor of labor rights, women's suffrage, civil rights and gay rights, helped to make America as great as it is.

We must not only imagine a better future for women, children, and persecuted minorities; we must work consistently to make it happen - prioritizing humanity, not war.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

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.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me.

If you want peace, work for justice.

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.

We must stand up and do everything we can for the people who do not have a voice.

The vision of Israel's prophets became the pillar of fire leading the struggle in support of the weak and the different towards equality.

We need more leaders speaking up for minority groups who have been marginalized and attacked.

We hope that the Commonwealth Sports movement is playing a meaningful role in the wider global conversation around tolerance, empowerment, and legal recognition for all.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

I consider myself a social justice person.

There are people in our country, in our communities who are being marginalized and discriminated against every single day. I fight for them.

I'm marching for women; I'm marching for the LGBT community. I'm marching for immigrants. I happen to fall into all three categories, so I'm marching for myself at the end of the day and for my family and my friends. And for whoever else deserves it.

I count myself as a feminist. I'm a vegan, so I believe in animal rights. I stand behind the Black Lives Matter here in the US. I want to help wherever I can.

I want more people to hear me and be part of the change that everyone would benefit from: the change we need so that people like me can be safe and happy.

I believe Native Americans, women, and all of us deserve representation, and that we all need to fight with everything we have to make it so.

When any part of humanity is sidelined, the rest of us cannot sit on the sidelines.

To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future of film - especially looking at all the beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.