Tim Cook Quotes

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.

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.

Rich or poor, we all need organizations that can represent us; we all need modes of collective action when individual action does not yield justice.

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.

A highly visible, shared identity can help bring activists from different backgrounds together with a common sense of purpose and push for change more effectively - from the global stage to within their own communities and families.

There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood.

At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

What's more important is that we talk about movements; change happens through movements. The movement to end slavery, the movement to bring justice for those who have been left out of the system, movements to include women, movements around sexual preference - all these movements brought about change.

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

If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.

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

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what I intend to do.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

Today, I see thousands of Mahatma Gandhis, Martin Luther Kings, and Nelson Mandelas marching forward and calling on us. The boys and girls have joined. I have joined in. We ask you to join, too.

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

If you ever think about me, and you ain't gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don't want myself on your mind if you're not going to work for the people.

We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.

As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable.

The essence of Ferguson is the spirit of the people, and I'm so happy to see the spirit because I haven't seen it like that since the Civil Rights Movement.

No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like we can't stop and won't stop.

I am going to continue to fight for our democracy, for representation, for justice and equality and making the world a better place.

I think our work as movement leaders isn't just about our own visibility but rather how do we make the whole visible. How do we not just fight for our individual selves but fight for everybody?

Collective action remains the best way of renewing the march towards the great trinity of liberty, equality, and solidarity.

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