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19 quotes

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Topic·Fighting for justice✕clear

Speech · Political speech

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Frederick Douglass

1857

★ 7.3

Film · Superhero (film) · Superhero

I'm here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way.

Superman · 1978

★ 7.0

Song · Reggae music

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your right. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

Get Up, Stand Up · 1973

★ 6.5

Song · Reggae music

Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight.

Get Up, Stand Up · 1973

★ 5.5

Autobiography and memoir

You had better make some noise.

1965

★ 4.0

Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.

John Stuart Mill

1867

★ 3.7

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.

The Grapes of Wrath · 1940

★ 3.7

We must push as hard as they push, and then push a little stronger.

1977

★ 3.6

Speech · Political speech

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Robert F. Kennedy

1966

★ 3.5

Song · Rock music

What have they done to the earth, yeah? What have they done to our fair sister? Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn, And tied her with fences and dragged her down. I hear a very gentle sound, With your ear down to the ground We want the world and we want it We want the world and we want it Now.

When the Music's Over · 1967

★ 3.5

Speech · Political speech

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Barry Goldwater

1964 Republican convention speech · 1964

★ 3.5

Autobiography and memoir

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true... No. The only tired I was was tired of giving in.

1992

★ 2.2

In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

1922

★ 2.1

Film · Political (film) · Comedy drama (film) · Political · Comedy drama

Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.

Jefferson Smith

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

★ 2.1

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

It's that every now and again, not often, but occasionally, you get to be a part of justice being done. That really is quite a thrill when that happens.

Philadelphia · 1993

★ 2.0

For you'll ne'er mend your fortunes, nor help the just cause, By breaking of windows, or breaking of laws.

1817

★ 1.9

Film · Political (film) · Thriller (film) · Political · Thriller

Going back to when we were children, I think most of us in this courtroom thought justice came into being automatically. That virtue was its own reward. That good would triumph over evil. But as we get older, we know this just isn't true. Individual human beings have to create justice, and this is not easy because the truth often poses a threat to power and one often has to fight power at great risk to themselves.

JFK · 1991

★ 1.9

Nobel Prize Lecture · Speech

Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope.

1971

★ 1.3

Essay · Newspaper

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

1962

★ 1.2