Shaun King Quotes

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

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.

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

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

I abide where there is a fight against wrong.

We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to the cause of the oppressed, the down trodden, the insulted and injured masses of our fellow men.

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.

I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can.

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

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.

I'm very mindful of trying to do something good in the world. When I see injustice in the world, it's very hard for me.

There is a lot of suffering and injustice in the world, and there is also a great deal of hope. When you step forward and start speaking about what you see and what you want to change, you can begin living in that hope instead of despair.

I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.

I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.

I've always had a 'stand up for the people' type of personality.

While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight While little children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight While men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight While there is a drunkard left, While there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, While there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight-I'll fight to the very end!

I seek … the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.

If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

The fire in the bellies of the good people who work for a more fair and just world for all of us - that spark never fails to inspire me and warm my heart.

If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

I will stand strong to defend people even if I don't agree with them.

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

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.