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Bob Marley2 quotes
Get up, stand up,
Stand up for your right.
Get up, stand up,
Don't give up the fight. — Bob Marley · 1973Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight. — Bob Marley · 1973Andrew Beckett1 quote
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. — Andrew Beckett · 1993Barry Goldwater1 quote
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 · 1964Frederick Douglass1 quote
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. — Frederick Douglass · 1857Hannah More1 quote
For you'll ne'er mend your fortunes, nor help the just cause,
By breaking of windows, or breaking of laws. — Hannah More · 1817Harvey Milk1 quote
We must push as hard as they push, and then push a little stronger. — Harvey Milk · 1977James Baldwin1 quote
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin · 1962Jefferson Smith1 quote
Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes. — Jefferson Smith · 1939Jim Garrison1 quote
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. — Jim Garrison · 1991John Stuart Mill1 quote
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. — John Stuart Mill · 1867Mahatma Gandhi1 quote
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. — Mahatma Gandhi · 1922Malcolm X1 quote
You had better make some noise. — Malcolm X · 1965Pablo Neruda1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Robert F. Kennedy1 quote
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 · 1966Rosa Parks1 quote
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. — Rosa Parks · 1992Superman1 quote
I'm here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way. — Superman · 1978The Doors1 quote
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. — The Doors · 1967Tom Joad1 quote
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. — Tom Joad · 1940