“I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.” ThinkingCountryFightingFatherSocialJusticePrinciplesDemocracyProudSixSocial JusticeJailHeritageGrandfatherExileMy GrandfatherFighting For Freedom Author:George Papandreou
“Our minorities alone are in a position to know what the fathers of our democracy were talking about.” KnowsCultureFatherJusticeTalkingDemocracyPositionDiversitySocial JusticeMinorities Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” MenPoliticalCultureDemocracyEqualDiversityClaimsSocial JusticeNotionWittyEqualityArisePolitical ScienceEqual Respect Book:Politics Source: Politics
“To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.” MeanEndsGovernmentSocialGoalJusticeTechnologyDemocracyAchieveStrongerAimSocial JusticeMeans To An End Author:Beth Simone Noveck
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.” FreedomDemocracyDiversityEmpathySocial JusticeIndifferencePatrioticApathyExtinctionAssassinationDemocracies HaveVoting And DemocracyAmbushIndifference And Apathy Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“No less characteristic in a democracy is social justice. This demands a solution to the frightening indexes of infant mortality, of malnutrition, lack of education illiteracy, wages not sufficient to sustain life” SocialJusticeDemocracyDemandSolutionsSocial JusticeSufficientCharacteristicsMortalityFrighteningWagesInfantMalnutritionIlliteracyLack Of EducationInfant Mortality Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“But there is nothing idealized or romantic about the difference between a society whose arrangements roughly serve all its citizens (something otherwise known as social justice) and one whose institutions have been converted into a stupendous fraud. That can be the difference between democracy and plutocracy.” Has BeensSocialDifferencesJusticeKnownDemocracyCitizensSocial JusticeInstitutionsFraudArrangementsPlutocracy Author:Bill Moyers
“Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model anymore. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice.” WayDoeStillsCountryDoneHandsSocialGrowthJusticePovertyDemocracyGreaterEconomicPolicyReturnModelsSocial JusticeExtremesEquityEconomic GrowthHand In HandChileExtreme PovertyEconomic Models Author:Michelle Bachelet
“You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.” SocialJusticeDemocracyDevelopmentSocial JusticeEqualitySoilIslamicNativeManhoodPakistanMaintenanceQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.” PeopleShouldMeanStillsIdeasUsedValuesSpeakSocialInterestJusticePrinciplesDemocracyUnderstoodSocial JusticeProfitCommittedRecognitionSocialistAdvancement Author:Mikhail Gorbachev