John Ridley Quotes

We need to remind ourselves of the kind of society of which we have dreamed for so long, for which we have fought, and for which so many lost their lives.

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

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.

If we want to change this culture of hate and bigotry, every one of us must stand up and speak with one voice to condemn it, because an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

We have created a society where individual rights and freedoms, compassion and diversity are core to our citizenship. But underlying that idea of Canada is the promise that we all have a chance to build a better life for ourselves and our children.

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

We can't eradicate hate, and we can't wish away evil. But we can continue to stand together on the side of the freedoms we all cherish.

My purpose is to unite people, to bring us together. And above all, to be a champion for justice and a vehement opponent of oppression and justice.

No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.

As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.

Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

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.'

We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.