John Pomfret Quotes

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

While I am furious about injustice, I do what I do, fighting against it, out of a place of love.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

All religions teach the same basic thing, that you have to stand up for those that are considered the worst.

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

I abide where there is a fight against wrong.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

When I see something unjust, I have to intervene - it's hard for me to watch the underdog suffer.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.

As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are incensed about these injustices is the very reason you need to try your level best to 'right' these 'wrongs.'

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Let's resolve to never be a bystander in the fight for human dignity

They charge me with fanaticism. If to be feelingly alive to the suffering of my fellow creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

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