“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
“Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.” IfsShouldWisdomHandsFatherPoliticsCausesSidesJusticePartyEconomyOne ThingSonDevilShould HaveBe GoodLiberalism Author:Thomas More
“Our Founding Fathers were the first to articulate the reasons for their First Amendment, the same reasons given by Learned Hand, and by Justice Brennan in New York Times v. Sullivan . It is a lesson we keep forgetting and must relearn in each succeeding generation.” FirstsReasonHandsFatherGivenJusticeForgetGenerationsNew YorkLessonsSucceedAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechFoundingFirst AmendmentNew York TimesOur Founding Fathers Author:Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.
“God never punishes his children in the sense of avenging justice. He chastens as a father does his child, but he never punishes his redeemed as a judge does a criminal. It is unjust to exact punishment from redeemed souls since Christ has been punished in their place. How shall the Lord punish twice for one offense?” ChildrenDoeHas BeensSoulFatherChristJusticeLordJudgingCriminalsPunishmentOffenseUnjustRedeemedAvenging Author:Charles Spurgeon
“The street is as diverse as any other sector, but in peoples' mind it gets appropriated as a black man who's tough. Trying to make it through by staying hard and phallocentric. To me, that is just an impoverished conception of what it is to be a black male. It doesn't do justice to my grandfather, my father, my brother - or just the black men I grew up with.” MenTryingMindHardFatherBlackJusticeStreetsBrotherGrewGrew UpToughMalesMy BrotherStayingConceptionDiverseGrandfatherMy GrandfatherBlack Males Author:Cornel West
“I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.” FatherJusticeCommonHealingLibertyRichMinesBlessingIndependenceDistanceProsperityEnjoyedGloriousThis DayRejoiceFourthSunlightPaleInheritanceJulyStripes Author:Frederick Douglass
“The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they ratified the 14th Amendment.” PeopleStatesFatherPoliticsJusticeUnitedHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsPolicyEqualEthicsConstitutionCourtIdeologyAssumptionVotingAmendmentsEqual RightsPartisanship14th Amendment Author:Ted Cruz
“In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never -- I will never -- leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.” WayTryingFatherPoliticsNationsLeadershipWorkJusticeHistoryDemocracyPolicyMonthsIdealsConstitutionStrategyIdeologyDepartmentFounding Author:Eric Holder
“In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a battlefield - however despicable - are guaranteed a trial by our Constitution. No one argues that Americans who commit treason shouldn't be punished. The maximum penalty for treason is death. But the Constitution specifies the process necessary to convict.” MayWarRealityAmericaFatherPoliticsProcessCommunityJusticeHistoryTechnologyDemocracyViolenceGenerationsPolicyCitizensBattleEqualEthicsConstitutionHuman RightsTerrorismDuesArguingTrialsCommitIdeologyEngagedFree SpeechPenaltiesMaximumEqual RightsDeath PenaltyBattlefieldsTreasonDespicableConvictsDue Process Author:Rand Paul
“You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?” KnowsShouldSaidHelpingWisdomGovernmentGirlFatherSpeakWaitingVoiceCommunityLeadershipJusticeEducationHistoryRightsViolenceEqualEthicsEncouragementArmyRaisesStrategyHuman RightsIndividualityTerrorismIdeologySpokesFree SpeechShould IWomens RightsEqual RightsCivilityDisobedienceSpeaks OutCivil Disobedience Author:Malala Yousafzai
“We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.” WorldCountryHomeRealityFatherPoliticsJusticeDemocracyLandPolicyHighestEthicsConstitutionBraveRateFree SpeechIncarcerationLand Of The Free Author:Bryan Stevenson
“...it is said with such terrible justice that the sins of the fathers are avenged down to the tenth generation. But this applies only to profanation of the blood and the race.” SaidFatherJusticeSinRaceGenerationsBloodTerrible Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“The Father, Who is Justice, is not without the Son or the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit, Who kindles the heart of the faithful, is not without the Father and the Son; and the Son, Who is the plenitude of fruition, is not without the Father or the Holy Spirit; they are inseparable in Divine Majesty.” HeartSpiritFatherJusticeDivineSonHolyFaithfulHoly SpiritMajestyInseparableKindlesFruitionPlenitude Author:Hildegard of Bingen
“From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.” RealSelfGovernmentFatherSpeakGivenVoiceJusticeViewsStonesPoint Of ViewHallsPatriotCondemnation Author:Thomas Steinbeck
“The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.” Would BePurposeFatherJusticeHigherCrossesSatisfactionHigher Purpose Author:R. C. Sproul
“There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearment...The very colors have a language which was recognized by our fathers; white is for purity; red, for valor; blue, for justice. And altogether, bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky, make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands.” IfsLooksHeartCountryHandsFatherLanguageStarsJusticeWhiteSkyLandColorPrideColdRedBlueOur CountryPurityLook UpFlagsCompanionshipBreezeFoldsOur FatherValorStripesBlazingEndearmentForeign LandsBunting Author:Charles Sumner
“You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son and daughter and father and mother for every piddling drug offense that they've ever done, thus creating a mistrust in the community. But at the same time, you should be able to talk about abuses of power, and you should be able to talk about police brutality and what, in some cases, is as far as I'm concerned, outright murder and outright loss of justice without the police organization targeting you in the way that they have done me.” IfsWayShouldYearsDoneAbleLastsMotherFatherForceBlackCommunityJusticeLossCasesSonDrugCreatingDaughterConcernedOrganizationAbuseMurderPoliceBrownOffensePolice BrutalityBrutalityRepresentingMistrustAbuse Of PowerSon And DaughterPolice ForceBusting Author:Quentin Tarantino
“My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.” FatherSocialJusticeSocial JusticeCommittedHumanitarianFighterSpirited Author:Marianne Williamson